Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPrayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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