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Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward. It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one's faith. Then comes the insight that All is God. One still realizes that the world is as it was, but it does not matter, it does not affect one's faith.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: With information we are alone; in appreciation we are with all things. With information we are alone; in appreciation we are with all things.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity growswith the ability to say no to oneself. Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows
with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human. Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you. Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor. He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: no man is free who is not a master of himself, that the more liberties we enjoy, the more discipline we need.46 Laissez-faire, no man is free who is not a master of himself, that the more liberties we enjoy, the more discipline we need.46 Laissez-faire,
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society. Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed. Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals. The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: 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. 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.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: (People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others. (People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The road to the sacred leads through the secular. The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Self-respect is the fruit of discipline. Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: To be or not to be is not the question, the vital question is how to be and how not to be ... To be or not to be is not the question, the vital question is how to be and how not to be ...
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: To serve does not mean to surrender but to share. To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: When we pray, we bring G-d into the world When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature. Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers. Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: We worship God through our questions. We worship God through our questions.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible. In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference, The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference,
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought. A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying. When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Few are guilty, but all are responsible. Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be. The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by. Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired. The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension. All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Short is the way from need to greed. Short is the way from need to greed.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: (People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings. (People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Life is not meaningful ... unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else. Life is not meaningful ... unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it! How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Faith like Job's cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken. Faith like Job's cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me. Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Labor is a blessing, toil is the misery of man. Labor is a blessing, toil is the misery of man.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions. The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds. Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world. Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake. God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes ... The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity. We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes ... The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The Sabbath is the day on which we learn the art of surpassing civilization. The Sabbath is the day on which we learn the art of surpassing civilization.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance. The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain. There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance. God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Awareness of the divine begins with wonder. Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments. We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Prayer begins where our power ends. Prayer begins where our power ends.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God. Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions. To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith. The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated. The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance. God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The most incomprehensible fact is that we comprehend at all. The most incomprehensible fact is that we comprehend at all.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Faced with the mind-surpassing grandeur of the universe, we cannot but admit that there is meaning which is greater than man. Faced with the mind-surpassing grandeur of the universe, we cannot but admit that there is meaning which is greater than man.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Awe rather than faith is the cardinal attitude of the religious Jew. Awe rather than faith is the cardinal attitude of the religious Jew.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: A world without time would be a world without God, a world existing in and by itself, without renewal, without a Creator. A world without time would be a world without God, a world existing in and by itself, without renewal, without a Creator.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder. I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The awe of God is wisdom. The awe of God is wisdom.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment. Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us. Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism. Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: To be spiritual is to be amazed. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live. There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: To be is to stand for. To be is to stand for.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being. We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness. Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society's hysteria, a period of cure and recovery. Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society's hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: All action is vicarious faith. All action is vicarious faith.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: 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. 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.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember! Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present. To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: What seems to be a stone is a drama. What seems to be a stone is a drama.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God. Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Life without commitment is not worth living. Life without commitment is not worth living.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Man is a messenger who forgot the message. Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers. We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror. All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people. Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: A religious man is a person ... whose greatest passion is compassion. A religious man is a person ... whose greatest passion is compassion.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge. To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: A soul can create only when alone ... A soul can create only when alone ...
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The task of life is to face sacred moments. The task of life is to face sacred moments.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people. When I was young, I used to admire intelligent people; as I grow older, I admire kind people.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: There is no reverence for God without reverence for man. Love of man is the way to the love of God. There is no reverence for God without reverence for man. Love of man is the way to the love of God.
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway? The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?
Abraham Joshua Heschel quotes: Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy. Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.

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