Abraham Joshua HeschelA 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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The religious man is the person who never loses faith in humanity, who is always vigilant about people, who is always ready to help others, who is strong but never arrogant, whose life is based on principles.
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