Every little deed counts.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPeople are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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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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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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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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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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