To sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELKnowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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Every little deed counts.
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We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.
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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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I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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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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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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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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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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