It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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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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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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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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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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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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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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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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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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