Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhen I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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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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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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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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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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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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For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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