I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAll events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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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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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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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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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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