Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELFaith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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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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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
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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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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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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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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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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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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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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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