Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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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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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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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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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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