Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELI would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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The man who has not suffered – what does he know anyway?
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Man’s true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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The task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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