We worship God through our questions.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELTo serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Even without words, our march was worship. I felt my legs were praying.
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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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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere.
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To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Only in His presence shall we learn that the glory of humankind is not in its will to power but in its power of compassion.
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