It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELYet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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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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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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