It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELA test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
-
-
Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
To be spiritual is to be amazed.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
To be is to stand for.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL