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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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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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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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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.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state–it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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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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