Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
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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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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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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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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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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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Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
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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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