Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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