He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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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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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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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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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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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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