To be spiritual is to be amazed.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELMan’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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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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A soul can create only when alone.
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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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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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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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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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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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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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