Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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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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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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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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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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