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Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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Abraham Joshua Heschel
Age: 65 †
Born: 1907
Born: January 11
Died: 1972
Died: December 23
Judaic Scholar
Philosopher
Rabbi
University Teacher
Warszawa
Abraham Heschel
Clinging
Endless
Faith
Heart
Shrine
Shrines
Pilgrimage

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I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.
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Life is not meaningful...unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself unless it is of value to someone else.
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Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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A soul can create only when alone.
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Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression being points beyond itself may be taken to denote a higher point in space. What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.
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The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
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He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.
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The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.
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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
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It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
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Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man. It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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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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We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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