Abraham Joshua Heschel Spiritual Quotations

This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.

There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath. Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.

The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.

To be spiritual is to be amazed.

To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge.

The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.

We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. ... The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.

Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.

Our goal should be to live life in radical amazement. ....get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.