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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhat is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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