God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn 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.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
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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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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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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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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Every little deed counts.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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