Abraham Joshua Heschel

Philosopher

32 Quotes

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.

Man is a messenger who forgot the message.

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.

God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.

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.

The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.

The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

Man is a messenger who forgot the message.

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