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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
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The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
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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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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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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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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
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Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power
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It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free.
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