black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

That man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Related Topics

Equation Existence Man Own Self Thinking Transcend Trap

Bagwalas

Popular Authors

Marilyn Monroe Paulo Coelho Abraham Lincoln C. S. Lewis Khalil Gibran Charlie Chaplin Gautama Buddha Isaac Newton

The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Combine Faced Loyalty Religious Tolerance Tradition
Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Attached Consecrate Emerge Holiness Learn Sanctuaries Teaches
God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Disaster Earthquake Excellent God Good Nice Uncle
To be is to stand for.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Be Nature Positive Power Raise Stand To Voice
He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Craved Ease God Light Neglect Peril Satisfied Spite Truly
I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Ask Mindset Motivation Positive Success Wonder
To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

God History Jungle Radiance Ray Sense
We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. … The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Audacity Forfeit God Hour Humiliate Long Moral Negroes Right Spiritual
Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

God Light Seeing Way World Worship
The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Chief Creation God Purpose Resouces Utilization
The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Audacity Call Grandeur Hour Moral Spiritual
Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Amazement Attitude Faith History Nature Radical Religious
Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Everytime Forgot Loss Man Memory Message Messenger
Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Catacomb Civilization Concern Human Remain Skyscraper Worship
The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Character Fashion Follow Man Memories Memory Rich Soul Stored Test
Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL

Awe Crevice Dear Grace Lord Man Number Surprise Universe

Copyright: 2020 - 2023 | Minimalist Quotes

Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library 'imagick.so' (tried: /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory), /usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so (/usr/local/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20200930/imagick.so.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)) in Unknown on line 0