Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELRemember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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