You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELBeing points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
-
-
Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
To be is to stand for.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL