We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELJust to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Every little deed counts.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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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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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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We worship God through our questions.
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