To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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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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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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All action is vicarious faith.
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