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Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."

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



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible."

In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.




Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference."

The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society."

Indifference to evil is more insidious than evil itself. It is a silent justification affording evil acceptability in society.




Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying."

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed."

Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity"

The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light."

We must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "It is gratefulness which makes the soul great."

It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.




Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves."

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "A religious man is a person... whose greatest passion is compassion."

A religious man is a person... whose greatest passion is compassion.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals."

The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed."

Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake."

God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Few are guilty, but all are responsible."

Few are guilty, but all are responsible.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings."

(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation."

As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind. Mankind will not perish for want of information; but only for want of appreciation.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale."

I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world."

Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart."

Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "There is no specialized art of prayer. All of life must be a training to pray. We pray the way we live."

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 Quotes: "We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments."

We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Every little deed counts."

Every little deed counts.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain."

There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

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



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless."

When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge."

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Awareness of the divine begins with wonder."

Awareness of the divine begins with wonder.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated."

The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "The road to the sacred leads through the secular."

The road to the sacred leads through the secular.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance."

The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God."

Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living."

The beginning of our happiness lies in the understanding that life without wonder is not worth living.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions."

The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one's own tradition with reverence for different traditions.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "To serve does not mean to surrender but to share."

To serve does not mean to surrender but to share.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!"

Much of what the Bible demands can be comprised in one imperative: Remember!



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness."

Prayer begins at the edge of emptiness.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn...to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way."

In the darkest night to be certain of the dawn...to go through Hell and to continue to trust in the goodness of God-this is the challenge and the way.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Life is not meaningful...unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else."

Life is not meaningful...unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge."

To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. ... The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity."

We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. ... The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words."

To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance."

God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.



Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes: "Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time."

Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.