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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWe do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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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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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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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Every little deed counts.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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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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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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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 world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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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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