A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELI did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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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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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind.
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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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 road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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