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Happy is he who is aware of the mysteries of his Lord.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
A world without time would be a world without God, a world existing in and by itself, without renewal, without a Creator.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Six days a week we wrestle with the world, wringing profit from the earth; on the Sabbath we especially care for the seed of eternity planted in the soul. 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.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Sanctification is dependent upon human behavior and attitude.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Sabbath is not for the sake of the weekdays; the weekdays are for the sake of the Sabbath. It is not an interlude but the climax of living.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
We may assume it is God we care for, but it may be our own ego we are concerned with. To examine our religious existence is, therefore, a task to be performed constantly.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The grand premise of religion is that man is able to surpass himself.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
As long as man sees religion as a source of satisfaction for his own needs, it is not God whom he serves but his own self.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
There is no reverence for God without reverence for man. Love of man is the way to the love of God.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
A moment of insight is a fortune, transporting us beyond the confines of measured time.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
God is not in things of space, but in moments of time.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Sabbath is holiness in time.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel