Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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Life without commitment is not worth living.
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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
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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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To us a single act of injustice–cheating in business, exploitation of the poor–is slight; to the prophets, a disaster.
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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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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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We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.
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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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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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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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When faith is completely replaced by creed, worship by discipline, love by habit; when the crisis of today is ignored because of the splendors of the past
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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To be spiritual is to be amazed.
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