Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo be is to stand for.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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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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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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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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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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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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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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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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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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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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