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Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
         

God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.


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Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.



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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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.



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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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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.



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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.



When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.



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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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