I am commanded therefore I am.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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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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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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When faith becomes an heirloom rather than a living fountain; when religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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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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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.
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