Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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To be is to stand for.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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There is no answer to Auschwitz…To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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