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Abraham Joshua Heschel was a renowned rabbi and Jewish scholar, born on January 11, 1907, and passed away on December 23, 1972. He had a profound impact on religious philosophy, Jewish theology, and moral ethics.

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Famous Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

“The world has our hands, but our soul belongs to Someone Else. Six days a week we seek to dominate the world, on the seventh day we try to dominate the self.”

Soul Sabbath Shabbat Shabbos

Book:The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man

Source: The Sabbath: Its Meaning for Modern Man

“Proximity to the crowd, to the majority view, spells the death of creativity. For a soul can create only when alone, and some are chosen for the flowering that takes place in the dark avenues of night.”

Soul Night Dark Views Creativity Majority Crowds Chosen Spells Avenues Flowering Proximity

Book:A Passion for Truth

Source: A Passion for Truth

“The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.”

Men Soul Character Past Memories Alive Fashion Tests Riches Test Of Character

Book:Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion

Source: Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion

“Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.”

Soul Attitude Information Creeds

Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel

“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.”

Men Real Soul States Spirit Growth Consciousness Knowing Involved Normal Awake Cosmos Endeavor Apathy Sensibility Stimulus Enchanted Responsiveness

Book:The earth is the Lord's, and The Sabbath

Source: The earth is the Lord's, and The Sabbath

“A soul can create only when alone.”

Soul Proximity

Book:A Passion for Truth

Source: A Passion for Truth

“Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.”

Heart Soul Water Prayer Cities Fields Broken Bridges Ruined Mending A Broken Heart

Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel

“It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.”

Soul Gratefulness

Book:Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

Source: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

“Prayer is not a stratagem for occasional use, a refuge to resort to now and then. It is rather like an established residence for the innermost self. All things have a home: the bird has a nest, the fox has a hole, the bee has a hive. A soul without prayer is a soul without a home.”

Soul Self Use Home Prayer Bird All Things Holes Now And Then Bees Refuge Foxes Resorts Occasional Nests Residence Hives Stratagem

Book:Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

Source: Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays

About the Author

Born: January 11, 1907
Died: December 23, 1972
Known for: Rabbi
Quotes: 176

Books & Sources

Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: EssaysRelated source material

God in Search of Man: A Philosophy of JudaismRelated source material

Who is Man?Related source material

Insecurity of FreedomRelated source material

Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of ReligionRelated source material

I Asked for Wonder: A Spiritual AnthologyRelated source material

The SabbathRelated source material

A Passion for TruthRelated source material

Thunder in the Soul: To Be Known By GodRelated source material

No Religion Is an Island: Abraham Joshua Heschel and Interreligious DialogueRelated source material

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