Life without commitment is not worth living.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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