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.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELReality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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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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The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
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Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing.
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There is a war to wage against the vulgar, the glorification of the absurd, a war that is incessant, universal.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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We worship God through our questions.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
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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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It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear–filling grandeur.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence.
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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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