This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELJudaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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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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I am commanded therefore I am.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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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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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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