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If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us n

If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral responsibility. The more we have, the more we grow. – Jonathan Sacks

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Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely thats not too much to ask. – Jonathan Sacks

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Technology
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Part of the beauty of Judaism, and surely this is so for other faiths also, is that it gently restores control over time. Three times a day we stop what we are doing and turn to God in prayer. We recover perspective. We inhale a deep breath of eternity. – Jonathan Sacks

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Beauty
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Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: its more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race. – Jonathan Sacks

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Age
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[T]he historian and the detective have much in common. – Mark M. Krug, History and the Social Sciences

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There is little evidence that our individual intelligence has improved through recorded history. – James Lovelock

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History

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life. – Norman Cousins

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History

Western history has been a history of deed done, actions performed and results achieved. – Arthur Erickson

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There is no curing a sick man who believes himself to be in health. – Henri Amiel

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He had to spend his evenings bruising two fingers on a typewriter, making out reports in duplicate, triplicate, infinity, and confusion. – Federal Works Agency Work Projects Administration, Montana: A State Guide Book

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It seems a pity that psychology has destroyed all our knowledge of human nature. – G.K. Chesterton, London Observer, 9 December 1934

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