It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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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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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
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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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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we try to become attuned to holiness in time.
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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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We worship God through our questions.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind’s desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
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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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