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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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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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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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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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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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