Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel 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.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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