Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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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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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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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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We worship God through our questions.
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