Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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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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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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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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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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We worship God through our questions.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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