I am commanded therefore I am.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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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 idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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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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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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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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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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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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