Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWhen I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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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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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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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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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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The degree to which one is sensitive to other people’s suffering, to other (people’s) humanity, is the index of one’s own humanity
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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man’s perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency;
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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