There is immense silent agony in the
world, and the task of man is to be a voice
for the plundered poor, to prevent the
desecration of the soul and the violation
of our dream of honesty. The more deeply
immersed I became in the thinking of
the Prophets, the more powerfully it
became clear to me what the lives of the Prophets sought to convey:
world, and the task of man is to be a voice
for the plundered poor, to prevent the
desecration of the soul and the violation
of our dream of honesty. The more deeply
immersed I became in the thinking of
the Prophets, the more powerfully it
became clear to me what the lives of the Prophets sought to convey:
that morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity
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