Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELJust to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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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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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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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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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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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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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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