Noah

“Name a day, name an hour, in which Arthur Less was not afraid. Of ordering a cocktail, taking a taxi, teaching a class, writing a book. Afraid of these and almost everything else in the world. Strange, though; because he is afraid of everything, nothing is harder than anything else. Taking a trip around the world is no more terrifying than buying a stick of gum. The daily dose of courage.”
― Andrew Sean Greer, Less

“Faith is not a product of our will. It occurs without intention, without will. Words expire when uttered, and faith is like the silence that draws lovers near, like a breath that shares in the wind.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion

“All we own is a passing intention, but what comes about will outlive and surpass our power.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism

“Modern man may be characterized as a being who is callous to catastrophes. A victim of enforced brutalization, his sensibility is being increasingly reduced; his sense of honor is on the wane. The distinction between right and wrong is becoming blurred. All that is left to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of honor.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism