Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one’s faith.
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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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person’s qualities but on trust.
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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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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
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To be is to stand for.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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