Heschel

Aug 27, 2006 06:01

"A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers no harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair." ... "Self-respect is the fruit of discipline, the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself." ... "In ( Read more... )

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Rabbi Heschel tadek50 February 26 2007, 03:08:20 UTC
Does anyone know the source of the quote by Heschel:
'Just to be is a blessing; just to live is holy'.

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Re: Rabbi Heschel savagefreedom February 26 2007, 03:30:28 UTC
Yes, it's from page 84 of The Insecurity Of Freedom and also page 91 of I Asked For Wonder: A Spiritual Anthology.

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