Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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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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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty – all are responsible.
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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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In the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
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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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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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