Abraham J. Heschel

" Obstinately he
[ the modern man ]
ignores the fact that
we are all surrounded
by things which
we apprehend but
cannot comprehend;
that even reason is
a mystery to itself. "


From : " Between God and Man "

Jehudah Halevi

" Lord, where shall I find thee ?
High and hidden is thy place;
And where shall I not find thee ?
The world is full of thy glory. "

Viktor Frankl

" Not every conflict is
necessarily neurotic;
some amount of conflict
is normal and healthy. "


From " Man's Search for Meaning "

Hillel

" If I do not do this job
-who will do it ?

And if I do not do this job
right now
-when shall I do it ?

But if I carry it out
only for my own sake
-what am I ? "

S. Kierkegaard

" Preachers are
no longer the
pastors of the souls,
but doctors
have become such "

Friedrich Nietzsche

" Who reaches
his ideal
thereby
surpasses it."



From " Beyond Good and Evil "

Oscar Wilde

" Nothing in the
whole world
is meaningless,
suffering
least of all "


From " The Ballad of Reading Gaol "

Kahlil Gibran

" Man is like the foam of the sea,
that floats upon the surface of the water.
When the wind blows, it vanishes,
as if it had never been.
Thus are our lives
blown away by Death..."


From " The Voice of the Master "

Rollo May

" Freedom is
man's capacity
to take a hand
in his own
development.
It is our capacity
to mold ourselves."

Abraham J. Heschel

" We have said that
the grand premise
of religion is
that man is able
to surpass himself.
Such ability is
the essence of freedom."



From " Between God and Man "

Viktor E. Frankl

" Man is free to rise
above the plane
of somatic
and psychic
determinants
of his existence."

Lao-tse

" Having completed
a task means
having become eternal."

Wolfgang Goethe

" There is no predicament
that we cannot ennoble
either by doing or enduring "

Johann Pestalozzi

" You must
love people
if you wish to
change them."