I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surpris…

Abraham Joshua Heschel
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1997). Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays, p.227, Macmillan
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In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (197 … ▶
To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1966). The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence, Philadelphia : Jewis … ▶
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I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1997). Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays, p.227, Macmillan

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