We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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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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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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A soul can create only when alone.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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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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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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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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