People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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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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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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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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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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To be is to stand for.
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