In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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