One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELHowever, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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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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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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