The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELRacism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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A religious man is a person… whose greatest passion is compassion.
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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 be is to stand for.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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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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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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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God?
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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