Monday, January 25, 2021

The Heart


In every state, the Heart is my support:
In this kingdom of existence it is my sovereign.
When I tire of the treachery of Reason –
God knows I am grateful to my heart...

—Khalilullah Khalili
 
 
Rabbi Yohanan: "Which is the right way a person should hold onto?"
Rabbi Elazar: "A good heart."

Saturday, January 2, 2021

Abraham J. Heschel


Genuine solitude is not discarding but distilling humanity. Genuine solitude is a search for genuine solidarity.

Knowledge is a debt, not a private property.

Spiritual suicide is within everybody's reach.

Being human means to go beyond sheer continuity... Being human consists of outbursts of singularity... Sheer continuity leads to the suspension of singularity, drudgery, inner devastation, demolition of all moments. 

To discover the hospitality of being, one must cultivate the art of reaching beyond oneself. A life rising in outbursts into meaning is a way of sensing the beneficence of time. 

«Who Is Man?»