To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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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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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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