The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELLoyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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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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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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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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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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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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Then 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.
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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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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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