The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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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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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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