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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Every little deed counts.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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