Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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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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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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