"...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible."

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Source : Abraham Joshua Heschel, Harold Kasimow (1991). “No Religion Is an Island: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Interreligious Dialogue”, Orbis Books

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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“There is a book called San Francisco Tape Music Centre:1960s Counterculture and the Avant-Garde and this book describes everything that you want to know or don't want to know about it, with a lot of documentation.”

Source : Source: artsmania.ca
“Grace is God's acceptance of us. Faith is our acceptance of God accepting us.”
“It's healthy to ditch class now and then." To be precise, it was healthier for humans if vampires ditched on days when human blood would be spilt.”
“Oprah Winfrey is so powerful that she had the Rapture postponed until after her final show airs.”
“As a painter, I realized that what we see is just manifestation of unseen power. Since then [1958 Coup in Iraq], reality started to take another form in my mind. Hence, I was aware of deception of our senses.”
“Many traffic signs have become like placebos, giving false comfort to the afflicted, or simple boilerplate to ward off lawsuits, the roadway version of the Kelloggâ€™s Pop-Tarts box that says, â€œWarning: Pastry Filling May Be Hot When Heated.”

Source : Tom Vanderbilt (2008). “Traffic”, p.187, Vintage
“For a moment in time, a man knew me for who I was and, without reservation, loved me for who I was. How can I now live knowing no one will ever see me again in such a perfect light? Hear me as I wish to be heard? Love me as [he] loved me?”
“I don't like to be gone all weekend and at night too. Because for 20 years, I've had children who are in school.”

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