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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.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Abraham Joshua Heschel
Age: 65 †
Born: 1907
Born: January 11
Died: 1972
Died: December 23
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Warszawa
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind. God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
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In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn...to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.
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This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
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There is a realm of time where the goal is not to have but to be, not to own but to give, not to control but to share, not to subdue but to be in accord. Life goes wrong when the control of space, the acquisition of things of space, becomes our sole concern.
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The true meaning of existence is disclosed in moments of living in the presence of God
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(People achieve) fullness of being in fellowship, in care for others.
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced. The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls.
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Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.
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In prayer we shift the center of living from self-consciousness to self-surrender
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The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song. Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.
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All that is left is to us is our being horrified at the loss of our sense of horror.
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To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.
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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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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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Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.
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Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!
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Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
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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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There is a built-in sense of indebtedness in the consciousness of man, an awareness of owing gratitude, or being caled upon at certain moments to reciprocate, to answer, to live in a way which is compatible with the grandeur and mystery of living.
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