The task of life is to face sacred moments.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELFriendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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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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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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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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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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