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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.
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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University Teacher
Warszawa
Abraham Heschel
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The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?
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Society today is no longer in revolt against particular laws which it finds alien, unjust, and imposed, but against law as such, against the principle of law. And yet we must not regard this revolt as entirely negative. The energy that rejects many obsolete laws is an entirely positive impulse for renewal of life and law.
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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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We do not step out of the world when we pray we merely see the world in a different setting. The self is not the hub but the spoke of the revolving wheel. It is precisely the function of prayer to shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender.
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We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice.
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Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
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Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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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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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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Faith like Job's cannot be shaken becasue it is the result of having been shaken.
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