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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThis 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.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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Morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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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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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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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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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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