Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELOne of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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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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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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