Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
Abraham Joshua HeschelAbraham Joshua Heschel To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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Neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
Abraham CowleyAbraham Cowley She was a genius of sadness, immersing herself in it, separating its numerous strands, appreciating its subtle nuances. She was a prism through which sadness could be divided into its infinite spectrum.
Jonathan Safran FoerJonathan Safran Foer I have some amazing fans! They’re just so dedicated and so nice and so sweet. I’m like NO ONE and I’m just starting out and these people appreciate your work and it’s nice to hear that.
A. J. CookA. J. Cook Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
Anton ChekhovAnton Chekhov You may never appreciate how beautiful it is to love and be loved, until your hearts been broken.
Matt SpenserMatt Spenser My ears are open to all sorts of stuff. I appreciate some of the big electro house guys.I love their music but I also like a lot of the stuff coming out of the U.K. Future garage stuff. A lot of stuff like that.
A-TrakA-Trak If you deeply appreciate and love what creative people do and how they think, which is usually in unpredictable and irrational ways, then you can start to understand them. And finally, you can see inside their minds and DNA.
Bernard ArnaultBernard Arnault If you take my performance or my understanding of the role and my appreciation for story and then dress it in CGI, that I guess becomes an action film.
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