There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe awe of God is wisdom.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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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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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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To be is to stand for.
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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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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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