A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELMankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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To sense a ray of God’s radiance in the jungles of history.
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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The 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.
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This may be the vocation of man: to say “Amen” to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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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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The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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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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Every little deed counts.
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