We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELMan is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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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
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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 course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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To be is to stand for.
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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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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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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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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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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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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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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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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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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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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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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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