Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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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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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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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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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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Every little deed counts.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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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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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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