Way Quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel

8 Way quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Abraham Joshua Heschel’s eight quotes on Way distill his deep theological thought into a concise set. Each line offers a quiet, contemplative view of the path toward meaning.

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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the…

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There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live.

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Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for…

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Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. …get up in the morning and look at the world in a…

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There are two primary ways in which mans relates himself to the world that surround him: manipulation and appreciation . In the…

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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn...to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of…

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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at…

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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.

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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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