It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWe can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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All action is vicarious faith.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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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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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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