Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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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.
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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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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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