Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELJust to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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Each 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.
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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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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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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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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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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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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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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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