Self-respect is the root of discipline
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELCelebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state–it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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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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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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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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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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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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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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