This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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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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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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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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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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