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"No man is free who is not a master of himself, that the more liberties we enjoy, the more discipline we need.46 Laissez-faire,"
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"We may assume it is God we care for, but it may be our own ego we are concerned with. To examine our religious existence is, therefore, a task to be performed constantly."
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"Replete is the world with a spiritual radiance, replete with sublime and marvelous secrets. But a small hand held against the eye hides it all,” said the Baal Shem."
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"Unless one learns how to relish the taste of Sabbath … one will be unable to enjoy the taste of eternity in the world to come."
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"The grand premise of religion is that man is able to surpass himself; that man who is part of this world may"
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"Just as we are commanded to keep the Sabbath, we are commanded to labor."
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"The Jewish contribution to the idea of love is the conception of love of the Sabbath, the love of a day, of spirit in the form of time."
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"The Sabbath is the day on which we learn the art of surpassing civilization."
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"Sanctification is dependent upon human behavior and attitude."
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"The Sabbath is the presence of God in the world, open to the soul of man.” God is not in things of space, but in moments of time."
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"The principle to be kept in mind is to know what we see rather than to see what we know."
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"Happy is he who is aware of the mysteries of his Lord."

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"This is the status of the Bible in modern life: it is a sublime answer, but we do not know the question any more. Unless we recover the question, there is no hope of understanding the Bible."
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"Man is not a beast of burden, and the Sabbath is not for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of his work."
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"The surest way to suppress our ability to understand the meaning of God and the importance of worship is to take things for granted...Indifference to the sublime wonder of living is the root of sin."
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"Labor is a blessing, toil is the misery of man."
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"Awe precedes faith."
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"Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism."
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"There is a word that is seldom said, a word for an emotion almost too deep to be expressed: the love of the Sabbath."
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"Faced with the mind-surpassing grandeur of the universe, we cannot but admit that there is meaning which is greater than man."
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"Only that which is good for all men is good for every man. No one is truly inspired for his own sake. He who is blessed, is a blessing for others."
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"We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice."
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"The solution of mankind’s most vexing problem will not be found in renouncing technical civilization, but in attaining some degree of independence of it."
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"There is a passion and drive for cruel deeds which only the awe and fear of God can soothe; there is a suffocating selfishness in man which only holiness can ventilate."
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"What seems to be a stone is a drama."
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"Short is the way from need to greed."
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"In Jewish tradition, dying in one’s sleep is called a kiss of God, and dying on the Sabbath is a gift that is merited by piety. For the pious person, my father once wrote, it is a privilege to die."
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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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"Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people."
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"The prophets never taught that God and history are one, or that whatever happens below reflects the will of God above. Their vision is of man defying God, and God seeking man to reconcile with Him."
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"This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things."
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"The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God"
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"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
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"Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method"
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"To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions."
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"A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought."
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"I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale."
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"Prayer begins where our power ends."
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"God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance."
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"The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions."
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"Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living."
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"Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art."
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"Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness."
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"We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being."
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"The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith."
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"The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living."
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"Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy."
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"When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people."
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