Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?"
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"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."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
"There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live."
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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