When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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To be is to stand for.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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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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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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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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