I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTime 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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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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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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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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By the word of God the world was created.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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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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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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