Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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To be is to stand for.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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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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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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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.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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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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