We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThere is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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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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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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Every little deed counts.
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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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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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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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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
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