I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELWe must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord.
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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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Mundus vult decipi’—the world wants to be deceived.
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Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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God is everywhere or nowhere, the father of all people or of none, concerned about everything or nothing.
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God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
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