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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhat we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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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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All action is vicarious faith.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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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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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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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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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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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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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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