When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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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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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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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 essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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