By the word of God the world was created.
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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Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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For many of us the march from Selma to Montgomery was about protest and prayer. Legs are not lips and walking is not kneeling. And yet our legs uttered songs.
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At all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression “being points beyond itself” may be taken to denote a higher point in space.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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To answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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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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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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