Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes About Soul

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  • A soul can create only when alone.

    Abraham Joshua Heschel (1973). “A Passion for Truth”, p.259, Macmillan
  • 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.

    Abraham Joshua Heschel (1976). “Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion”, p.162, Macmillan
  • 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.

    "The Jewish moral virtues". Book by Eugene Borowitz, 1999.
  • 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.

    Abraham Joshua Heschel (1963). “The earth is the Lord's, and The Sabbath”
  • 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.

    "Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays". Book by Abraham Joshua Heschel, 1997.
  • 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.

    Abraham Joshua Heschel (1973). “A Passion for Truth”, p.259, Macmillan
  • It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.

    Abraham Joshua Heschel (1997). “Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays”, p.342, Macmillan
  • 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.

    Abraham Joshua Heschel (1997). “Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays”, p.258, Macmillan
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