God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELSelf-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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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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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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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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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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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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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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