What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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To be is to stand for.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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