black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Related Topics

Catacomb Civilization Concern Human Remain Skyscraper Worship

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

Self-respect is the root of discipline
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Calm Discipline Mindset Positive Respect Root Self Vibe
The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Chief Creation God Purpose Resouces Utilization
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Free Guilty Responsible Society Terrible
All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Horrified Horror Left Loss Sense
Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Answer Humble Inconceivable Living Prayer Surprise
We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Absurdities Disappointment Frustration Redeem Share World
We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Fool Spirit Tool Tragedy Vessel Word
To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Business Cheating Disaster Exploitation Injustice Poor Single
Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Callousness Hatred Meaningless Overthrow Prayer Pyramid Ruin Seek Subversive Unless
When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Experience Pray Praying World
Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Acceptance Appreciate Appreciation High Seem Value
Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

God Light Seeing Way World Worship
The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Combine Faced Loyalty Religious Tolerance Tradition
The task of life is to face sacred moments.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Competition Face Moment Result Sacred Task
Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Heart heavy Sometimes Speak Wish Wonder
In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Attend Eye Live Perceive Primarily Reality Sense Space Spelling

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes