Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe road to the sacred leads through the secular.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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We worship God through our questions.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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