The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Dear Lord, grant me the grace of wonder. Surprise me, amaze me, awe me in every crevice of your universe. Each day… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
One of the major symptoms of the general crisis existent in our world today is our lack of sensitivity to words. We… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Wonder, or radical amazement, is a way of going beyond what is given in thing and thought, refusing to take anything for… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“The primitive mind finds it hard to realize an idea without the aid of imagination, and it is the realm of space where imagination… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“There is a passion and drive for cruel deeds which only the awe and fear of God can soothe; there is a suffocating selfishness… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
“Usually we regard as meaningful that which can be expressed, and as meaningless that which cannot be expressed. Yet, the equation of the meaningful… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality… — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society. — Abraham Joshua Heschel Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
