One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELMan is a messenger who forgot the message.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Indeed, the sort of crimes and even the amount of delinquency that fill the prophets of Israel with dismay do not go beyond that which we regard as normal, as typical ingredients of social dynamics.
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The time for the kingdom may be far off, but the task is plain: to retain our share in God in spite of peril and contempt.
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Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one’s actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel
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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.
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Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs.
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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We cannot approach the spirit unless we repair the vessels. Reverence for words – an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words – is an essential prerequisite for prayer.
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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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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature.
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Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man’s attitude toward history and nature.
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