To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELFaith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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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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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
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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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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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