One can serve God with the body, even with one’s passions; one must only be able to distinguish between the dross and the gold. This world acquires flavor only when a little of the other world is mingled with it. Without nobility of the spirit, the flesh is full of darkness.https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374524951
—Abraham Joshua Heschel in
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays,
76
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