However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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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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