Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELYou must build your life as if it were a work of art.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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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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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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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.
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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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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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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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