It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPeople of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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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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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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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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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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