The utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God’s creation.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELIn the first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?
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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal
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Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
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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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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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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 task of life is to face sacred moments.
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Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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