Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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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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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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