Humans Quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Abraham Joshua Heschel’s reverent tone shines in these eight short reflections. He blends faith with everyday experience, offering a gentle, uplifting view of our shared journey.

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Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men. Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not…

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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair. Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its…

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Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal…

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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.

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Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one's role in relation…

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(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.

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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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It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an…

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“The primitive mind finds it hard to realize an idea without the aid of imagination, and it is the realm of space where imagination…

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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.

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“There is a passion and drive for cruel deeds which only the awe and fear of God can soothe; there is a suffocating selfishness…

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People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active…

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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.

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“Usually we regard as meaningful that which can be expressed, and as meaningless that which cannot be expressed. Yet, the equation of the meaningful…

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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality…

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Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.

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Religion has become an impersonal affair, an institutional loyalty. It survives on the level of activities rather than in the stillness of commitment.

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“What seems to be a stone is a drama.”

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Prayer begins where our power ends.

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The awe of God is wisdom.

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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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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

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Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival. Mankind…

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