Loyal to the presence of the ultimate in the common, we may be able to make it clear that man is more than man, that in doing the finite he may perceive the infinite .
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELMan is a messenger who forgot the message.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
-
-
The task of life is to face sacred moments.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Each day enrapture me with your marvelous things without number. …I do not ask to see the reason for it all: I ask only to share the wonder of it all.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity – there is the challenge.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL -
It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL