Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIt 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?
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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We worship God through our questions.
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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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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.
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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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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch.
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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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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