The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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We worship God through our questions.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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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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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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