We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWe can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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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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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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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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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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