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 HESCHELCelebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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