Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELYet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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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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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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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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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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