to become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words...the tangent to the curve of human experience lies beyond the limits of language. the world of things we perceive is but a veil. It’s flutter is music, its ornament science, but what it conceals is inscrutable. It’s silence remains unbroken; no words can carry it away. Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear--filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.
I am commanded therefore I am. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
I am commanded therefore I am.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
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… - Abraham Joshua Heschel
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…
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
To be is to stand for. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
To be is to stand for.
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
Self-respect is the root of discipline - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-respect is the root of discipline
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