Friday, June 18, 2010

Prayer is no panacea (Heschel)

A friend sent me this quote from Abraham Joshua Heschel (from his book Man's Quest for God). I think it is good.

Prayer is no panacea, no substitute for action. It is, rather, like a beam thrown from a flashlight before us into the darkness. It is in this light that we who grope, stumble, and climb, discover where we stand, what surrounds us, and what course we should choose.

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