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The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?
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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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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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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Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question...awareness of the problem outlives all solutions. The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
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The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
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Every little deed counts.
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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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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
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We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
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When we pray, we bring G-d into the world
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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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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