Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELA soul can create only when alone.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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We worship God through our questions.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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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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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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