The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELGod is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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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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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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