The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELGod is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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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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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
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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 may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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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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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 prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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