feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThat man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
-
-
It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
I am commanded therefore I am.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL