Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAll action is vicarious faith.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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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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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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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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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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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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We worship God through our questions.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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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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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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