Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWe worship God through our questions.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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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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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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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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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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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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