It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELI did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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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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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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The awe of God is wisdom.
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Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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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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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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