Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving
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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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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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