The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThen comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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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.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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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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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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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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The awe of God is wisdom.
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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