This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhat we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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We worship God through our questions.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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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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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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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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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 our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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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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