Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer begins where our power ends.
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Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine.
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A prophet’s true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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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.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time
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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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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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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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