By the word of God the world was created.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPhilosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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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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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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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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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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