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Society 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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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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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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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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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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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