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 HESCHELAll events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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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.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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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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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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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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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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 no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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