Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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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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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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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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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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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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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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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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