Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELOur concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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