Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God. Abraham Joshua Heschel More Quotes by Abraham Joshua Heschel More Quotes From Abraham Joshua Heschel To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present. Abraham Joshua Heschel voice real mean Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness. Abraham Joshua Heschel emptiness mindfulness prayer To be spiritual is to be amazed. Abraham Joshua Heschel amazed spiritual The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair. Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts. This may be the vocation of man: to say "Amen" to being and to the Author of being; to live in defiance of absurdity, notwithstanding futility and defeat; to attain faith in God even in spite of God. Abraham Joshua Heschel anchors heart men The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity. Abraham Joshua Heschel audacity moral spiritual There is no answer to Auschwitz...To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair, to sense a ray of God's radiance in the jungles of history. Abraham Joshua Heschel holocaust agony israel To pray is to dream in league with God, to envision His holy visions. Abraham Joshua Heschel vision league dream Instead of indulging in jealousy, greed, in relishing themselves, there are men who keep their hearts alert to the stillness in which time rolls on and leaves us behind. ... those who are open to the wonder will not miss it. Faith is found in solicitude for faith, in an inner care for the wonder that is everywhere. Abraham Joshua Heschel greed heart men The task of life is to face sacred moments. Abraham Joshua Heschel sacred tasks faces Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power, the utilization of its resources is taken to be the chief purpose of man in God's creation. Man has indeed become primarily a tool-making animal, and the world is now a gigantic tool box for the satisfaction of his needs. Abraham Joshua Heschel taken animal men In our daily lives we attend primarily to that which the senses are spelling out for us: to what the eyes perceive, to what the fingers touch. Reality to us is thinghood , consisting of substances that occupy space; even God is conceived by most of us as a thing. The result of our thinginess is our blindness to all reality that fails to identify itself as a thing, as a matter of fact. Abraham Joshua Heschel space eye reality It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for? Abraham Joshua Heschel answering-questions questions-and-answers want Things, when magnified, are forgeries of happiness. Abraham Joshua Heschel forgery The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. Abraham Joshua Heschel issues prayer Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism. Abraham Joshua Heschel criticism self wise When we pray, we bring G-d into the world Abraham Joshua Heschel praying world Man is a messenger who forgot the message. Abraham Joshua Heschel messengers messages men Prayer begins where our power ends. Abraham Joshua Heschel ends prayer Life without commitment is not worth living. Abraham Joshua Heschel worth-living love commitment There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath. Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine. Abraham Joshua Heschel shining spiritual ideas
