Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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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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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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