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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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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We worship God through our questions.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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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.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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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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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 task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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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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