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Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

“We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.”

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Abraham Joshua Heschel was a renowned rabbi and Jewish scholar, born on January 11, 1907, and passed away on December 23, 1972. He had a profound impact on religious philosophy, Jewish theology, and moral ethics. more

“If the awareness of our limitations begins to limit or to dim our value consciousness as well—as happens, for instance, in old age with regard to the values of youth—then we have already started the movement of devaluation which will end with the defamation of the world and all its values. Only a timely act of resignation can deliver us from this tendency toward self-delusion.”

Source: On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings

“All the seemingly positive valuations and judgments of ressentiment are hidden devaluations and negations.”

Judgment Negation Valuation

Book:On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings

Source: On Feeling, Knowing, and Valuing: Selected Writings

“There is no room for God in the man who is filled with himself.”

Men Rooms He Man Filled

Author:Baal Shem Tov

“Telling the proper stories is as if you were approaching the throne of Heaven in a fiery chariot.”

Ifs Stories Heaven Thrones Fiery Chariots

Author:Baal Shem Tov

“We were one of the first states to move most of our email into the cloud. That's gone really, really well; I think it's exceeded expectations. When we think about doing major information technology projects in this state, the default is cloud.”

Thinking Firsts Wells States Moving Technology Gone Information Projects Majors Expectations Clouds Email Default Information Technology

Author:Mike Powell

“Nothing is going to be handed to you -- you have to make things happen.”

Happens Action Change Wise Words Happenings Things Happen Life Changing Changing Your Life Taken For Granted Make Things Happen Taking Things For Granted Take Nothing For Granted

Author:Florence Griffith Joyner

“I'd be worried if I was put in the same category as Michael Bubl I'm trying to sound like a young man, for starters.”

Ifs Men Trying Young Sound Worried Young Man Categories Starters

Author:Jamie Cullum

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