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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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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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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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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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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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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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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state–it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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