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Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
Age: 65 †
Born: 1907
Born: January 11
Died: 1972
Died: December 23
Judaic Scholar
Philosopher
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Warszawa
Abraham Heschel
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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