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Abraham Joshua Heschel

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

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A religious person constantly thinks about both God and other people together, feeling pain when others are hurt. Their deepest motivation is caring for others, and their strongest power comes from love and refusing to give up hope.

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