A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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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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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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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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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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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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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society’s hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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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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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple, to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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