There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELThe awe of God is wisdom.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question…awareness of the problem outlives all solutions.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man.
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to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words…the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language.
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Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
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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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Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe.
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