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I am a typical example of Western Jew. This means I don't have a moment of peace, that nothing has come easily to me, not just the present and the fut...more

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Even if no salvation should come, I want to be worthy of it at every moment.

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But what if all the tranquility, all the comfort, all the contentment were now to come to a horrifying end?

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He is terribly afraid of dying because he hasn’t yet lived.

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The relationship to one's fellow man is the relationship of prayer, the relationship to oneself is the relationship of striving; it is from prayer tha...more

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When the little mouse, which was loved as none other was in the mouse-world, got into a trap one night and with a shrill scream forfeited its life for...more

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At the same time all the houses round about promptly took part in this silence, and so did the darkness above them, reaching as far as the stars. And ...more

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All right then, I’ll be mad at you on this score, which incidentally is no great misfortune, as things balance out quite well if there’s a little ange...more

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The books we need are of the kind that act upon us like a misfortune,that makes us suffer like the death of someone we love more than ourselves, that ...more