Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELEach day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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