The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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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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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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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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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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