Quotes by "Abraham Joshua Heschel"
The course of life is unpredictable... no one can write his autobiography in advance.
Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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.
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.
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?
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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.
