Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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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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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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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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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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