One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
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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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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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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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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions.
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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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By the word of God the world was created.
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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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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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