Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELBeing points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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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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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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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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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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