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 HESCHELAll action is vicarious faith.
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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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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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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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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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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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