The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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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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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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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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