Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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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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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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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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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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