Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism. ✨ Abraham Joshua Hes…

Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism, p.17, Macmillan
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1966). The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence, Philadelphia : Jewis … ▶
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of Judaism, p.17, Macmillan

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