What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELHe who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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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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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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