It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELA religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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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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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Being 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.
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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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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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