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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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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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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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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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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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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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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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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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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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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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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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