The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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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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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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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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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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