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Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

“God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.”

Book:Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

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Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

This book is a compilation of essays that delve into the realms of moral philosophy and spiritual wisdom, offering readers a deep exploration of these complex and profound topics. more

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Abraham Joshua Heschel

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

“And so really, you have given me no choice but to take you shopping by force.” She sighed, then reached up, dropping her sunglasses down from their perch on her head to cover her eyes. “Do you even realize how happy the average teenage girl would be in your shoes? I have a credit card. We’re at the mall. I want to buy you things. It’s like adolescent nirvana.” - Cora”

Want Would Be Eye Choices Girl Given Force Realizing Shoes Average Credit Cards Shopping Her Eyes Teenage Dropping Credit Card Malls Sunglasses Teenage Girl

Author:Sarah Dessen

“I loved you because there was no other place for me to go. We were married because we did not know what else to do with each other. You never knew me, nothing about me, what died inside me, what lived invisibly.”

Knows Married Died I Loved You

Author:Aleksandar Hemon

“Human misery must somewhere have a stop; there is no wind that always blows a storm; great good fortune comes to failure in the end. All is change; all yields its place and goes; to persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man. The coward despairs.”

Men Humans Ends Wind Despair Misery Fortune Blow Storm Yield Coward Good Fortune Persevere

Book:The complete Greek tragedies

Source: The complete Greek tragedies

“Either the memory of past bliss is the anguish of to-day; or the agonies which are have their origins in ecstasies which might have been.”

Has Beens Might Past Memories Bliss Ecstasy Agony Anguish Might Have Been

Book:EDGAR ALLAN POE: 72 Short Stories and Novels & 80+ Poems; Including Essays, Letters & Biography (Illustrated): Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Raven, Tamerlane, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-tale Heart, Berenice, The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, Eureka…

Source: EDGAR ALLAN POE: 72 Short Stories and Novels & 80+ Poems; Including Essays, Letters & Biography (Illustrated): Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Raven, Tamerlane, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Tell-tale Heart, Berenice, The Philosophy of Composition, The Poetic Principle, Eureka…

“As a rule of thumb I say, if Socrates, Jesus and Tolstoy wouldn't do it, don't.”

Ifs Jesus Thumbs

Book:On writers and writing

Source: On writers and writing

“True leaders understand that leadership is not about them but about those they serve. It is not about exalting themselves but about lifting others up.”

Leadership Leader Inspire Lifting True Leader Inspiring Leader True Leadership Lifting Others

Author:Sheri L. Dew

“Parents have a right to insist that godless evolution not be taught to their children.”

Children Parent Education Taught Evolution

Author:Pat Buchanan

“On those days when we're not ready to stop being offended, not ready to forgive, still determined to dish out the silent treatment, what we're actually saying is, "Thanks, but I don't want to become more like the Savior today. Maybe tomorrow, but not today." Perhaps those are the times when we need to pray the hardest, the times it becomes clear that a change in behavior is not enough--that we must have a change in nature.”