Deborah Goldsmith

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“Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature. One attitude is alien to his spirit: taking things for granted, regarding events as a natural course of things.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

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“Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it on to future generations.”
― George Bernard Shaw

tags: inspirational, life

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“Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

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“God has a special providence for fools, drunkards, and the United States of America.”
― Otto von Bismarck

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“Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

tags: religion, wonder

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