Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, 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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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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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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