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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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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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The awe of God is wisdom.
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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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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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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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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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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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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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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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