There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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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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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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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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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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