God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELEvery little deed counts.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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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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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don’t be old. Don’t be stale.
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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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