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Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

Man is a messenger who forgot the message Picture Quote #1

The road to the sacred leads through the secular Picture Quote #1

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge Picture Quote #1

The course of life is unpredictable, no one can write his autobiography in advance Picture Quote #1

Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds Picture Quote #1

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers Picture Quote #1

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All action is vicarious faith Picture Quote #1

The search of reason ends at the shore of the known Picture Quote #1

To be human is a problem, and the problem expresses itself in anguish Picture Quote #1

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Self respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself Picture Quote #1

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To be spiritual is to be amazed Picture Quote #1

Racism is man's gravest threat to man the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason Picture Quote #1

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people Picture Quote #1

A religious man is a person... whose greatest passion is compassion Picture Quote #1

The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be Picture Quote #1

Self respect is the fruit of discipline Picture Quote #1

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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart Picture Quote #1

Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final. It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given Picture Quote #1

The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth. Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man's power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated Picture Quote #1

Being is both presence and absence. God had to conceal His presence in order to bring the world into being. He had to make His absence possible in order to make room for the world's presence. Coming into being brought along denial and defiance, absence, oblivion and resistance Picture Quote #1

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair Picture Quote #1

Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us Picture Quote #1

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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain Picture Quote #1

The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals Picture Quote #1

Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival. Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation Picture Quote #1

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed Picture Quote #1

Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night Picture Quote #1

Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed Picture Quote #1

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Man is a messenger who forgot the message (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) The road to the sacred leads through the secular (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) The course of life is unpredictable, no one can write his autobiography in advance (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) All action is vicarious faith (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) The search of reason ends at the shore of the known (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) To be human is a problem, and the problem expresses itself in anguish (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves (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 (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Self respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) To be spiritual is to be amazed (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Racism is man's gravest threat to man the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) A religious man is a person... whose greatest passion is compassion (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Self respect is the fruit of discipline (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for granted, to regard anything as final. It is our honest response to the grandeur and mystery of reality our confrontation with that which transcends the given (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth. Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man's power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Being is both presence and absence. God had to conceal His presence in order to bring the world into being. He had to make His absence possible in order to make room for the world's presence. Coming into being brought along denial and defiance, absence, oblivion and resistance (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Faith opens our hearts for the entrance of the holy. It is almost as though God were thinking for us (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival. Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes) Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed (Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes)

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