Judaism teaches us to be attached to holiness in time; to learn how to consecrate sanctuaries that emerge from the magnificent stream of a year.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELOur goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ….get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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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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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.
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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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Knowledge-like the sky- is never private property. No teacher has a right to withhold it from anyone who asks for it. Teaching is the art of sharing.
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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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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation .
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The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
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It is a day on which we are called upon to share in what is eternal in time, to turn from the results of creation to the mystery of creation; from the world of creation to the creation of the world.
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Audacious longing, burning songs, daring thoughts, an impulse overwhelming the heart, usurping the mind–these are all a drive towards serving Him who rings our hearts like a bell.
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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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Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
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Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire.
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