The awe of God is wisdom.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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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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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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