Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELBy the word of God the world was created.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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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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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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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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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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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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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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