We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELFriendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being.
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To be is to stand for.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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