The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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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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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Every little deed counts.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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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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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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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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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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