Abraham Joshua Heschel - Man Is Not Alone (1951)

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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

We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

The greatest problem is not how to continue but how to exalt our existence. The call for a life beyond the grave is presumptuous, if there is no cry for eternal life prior to our descending to the grave. Eternity is not perpetual future but perpetual presence. He has planted in us the seed of eternal life. The world to come is not only a hereafter but also a here-now.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

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.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.

Abraham Joshua Heschel