Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELSometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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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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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Remember 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.
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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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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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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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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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