Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn…to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
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There are no two hours alike. Every hour is unique and the only one given at the moment, exclusive and endlessly precious.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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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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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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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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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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