Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELJudaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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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.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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