Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELEven without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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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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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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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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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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