The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments. Abraham Joshua Heschel More Quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel More Quotes From Abraham Joshua Heschel I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder. Abraham Joshua Heschel asks wonder 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. Abraham Joshua Heschel energy principles law Philosophy, to be relevant, must offer us a wisdom to live by. Abraham Joshua Heschel relevant live-by philosophy 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. Abraham Joshua Heschel appreciate acceptance appreciation Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one's role in relation to all other beings. For living is not being in itself, but living of the world, affecting, exploiting, consuming, comprehending, deriving, depriving. Abraham Joshua Heschel roles understanding world A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought. Abraham Joshua Heschel prophet greatness men I am commanded therefore I am. Abraham Joshua Heschel God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance. Abraham Joshua Heschel unless he importance god
