I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWorship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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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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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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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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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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