Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELRemember 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.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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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 course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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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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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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