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> [One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words. We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-joshua-heschel/one-of-the-major-symptoms-of-the-general-crisis-existent-in-our-world/)

[Abraham Joshua Heschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-joshua-heschel/)

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> [“It is not the reverence for words, but for their meaning that determines our deepness of comprehension of a given assertion about Nature.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/felix-alba-juez/it-is-not-the-reverence-for-words-but-for-their-meaning-that/)

[Felix Alba-Juez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/felix-alba-juez/)

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