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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELMan’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer is meaningless unless it is subversive, unless it seeks to overthrow and to ruin the pyramids of callousness, hatred, opportunism, falsehoods.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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The liturgical movement must become a revolutionary movement seeking to overthrow the forces that continue to destroy the promise, the hope, the vision.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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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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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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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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