Life without commitment is not worth living. Abraham Joshua Heschel More Quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel More Quotes From Abraham Joshua Heschel We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being. Abraham Joshua Heschel mock stars dawn A soul can create only when alone. Abraham Joshua Heschel proximity soul He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor. Abraham Joshua Heschel neglect light ease Self-respect is the root of discipline Abraham Joshua Heschel discipline self roots 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. Abraham Joshua Heschel gratitude answers men How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it! Abraham Joshua Heschel miracle earth men The supremacy of expediency is being refuted by time and truth. Time is an essential dimension of existence defiant of man's power, and truth reigns in supreme majesty, unrivaled, inimitable, and can never be defeated. Abraham Joshua Heschel reign essentials men Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind's desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation. Abraham Joshua Heschel sacred secret may Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human. Abraham Joshua Heschel independence being-human self Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. Abraham Joshua Heschel action attention giving All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension. Abraham Joshua Heschel horizon events relationship Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method Abraham Joshua Heschel intuition and-love depth 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. Abraham Joshua Heschel done men looks Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. Abraham Joshua Heschel prayer humble answers You must build your life as if it were a work of art. Abraham Joshua Heschel works-of-art ifs art Being points beyond itself. Abraham Joshua Heschel taken expression thinking The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature. Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency? Abraham Joshua Heschel term self ideas Being is transcended by a concern for being. Our perplexity will not be solved by relating human existence to a timeless, subpersonal abstraction which we call essence. We can do justice to human being only by relating it to the transcendent care for being. Abraham Joshua Heschel care essence justice The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God. Abraham Joshua Heschel issues have-faith prayer Faith is an awareness of divine mutuality and companionship, a form of communion between God and man. It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond. Abraham Joshua Heschel quality mind men
