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 HESCHELAll that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Faith like Job’s cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. …
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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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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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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