Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man’s power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPrayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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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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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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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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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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We worship God through our questions.
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