One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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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.
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It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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