Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe road to the sacred leads through the secular.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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