Soul Quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel

9 Soul quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Abraham Joshua Heschel shares a concise batch of reflections on the soul, each bearing his profound, theological nuance. Though limited, the quotes reveal his thoughtful, reverent voice.

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It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.

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A soul can create only when alone...

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“The Sabbath is the presence of God in the world, open to the soul of man.” God is not in things of…

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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows…

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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…

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Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established…

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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior…

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Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and…

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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the…

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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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