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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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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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Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society’s hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.
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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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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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Animal Box Indeed Man Primarily Satisfaction Tool
The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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Awake Cosmos Endeavor Involved Man Mystic
To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Mean Real Voice
The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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Business Cheating Disaster Exploitation Injustice Poor Single

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