Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELSociety today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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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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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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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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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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