Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe road to the sacred leads through the secular.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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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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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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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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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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