Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWe worship God through our questions.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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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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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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The world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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