Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
"Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: Hatred, Man, Racism, Reason)
"Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: God, Light, World, Worship)
"Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: Knowledge, Doubt, Wonder)
"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: People, Now, Old)
"The road to the sacred leads through the secular."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: Road)
"The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: God, Prayer)
"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
(Related: God, Darkness, Light, Reason, Self)
"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: Discipline, Ability, Dignity, Self, Sense)
"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
(Related: Question, Want)
"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
(Related: God, Failure, Being, Earth, Man, Sin)
"Man is a messenger who forgot the message."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: Man)
"Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
"A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: Love, People, Affection, Being, Care, Children, Culture, Dictators, Gold)
"God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance."
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
(Related: God, Importance)
"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
(Related: God, Light)