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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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
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Warszawa
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I am commanded therefore I am.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature.
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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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The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.
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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 will not die for lack of information it may perish for lack of appreciation.
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To be is to stand for.
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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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God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
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We worry a great deal about the problem of church and state. Now what about the church and God? Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.
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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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We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
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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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Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
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To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.
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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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It is not enough for me to ask question I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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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 first way he sees in what surrounds him things to be handled, forces to be managed, objects to be put to use. In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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