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You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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
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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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New insight begins when satisfaction comes to an end, when all that has been seen, said, or done looks like a distortion. ... Man's true fulfillment depends on communion with that which transcends him.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays the weekdays are for the sake of Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
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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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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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Every little deed counts.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.
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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 based on experiments or tests of another person's qualities but on trust. It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath. Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale.
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The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
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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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