When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELKnowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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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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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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