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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state–it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.
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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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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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To be is to stand for.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
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It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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By the word of God the world was created.
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