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All events are secretly interrelated the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.

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Abraham Joshua Heschel
Age: 65 †
Born: 1907
Born: January 11
Died: 1972
Died: December 23
Judaic Scholar
Philosopher
Rabbi
University Teacher
Warszawa
Abraham Heschel
Beyond
Events
Relationship
Interrelated
Sweep
Secretly
Comprehension
Reaches
Horizon

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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal. It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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