The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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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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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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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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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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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 utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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