I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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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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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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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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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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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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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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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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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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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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