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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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We worship God through our questions.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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To be is to stand for.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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