God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhat we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Every little deed counts.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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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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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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