Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPhilosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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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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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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