Abraham Joshua Heschel - Quotations

Quotations

  • "Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum hatred for a minimum reason."
  • "All it takes is one person… and another… and another… and another… to start a movement"
  • "Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge."
  • "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."
  • " God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance."
  • "Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy."
  • "Self-respect is the fruit of discipline, the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."
  • "Life without commitment is not worth living."
  • "Above all, the prophets remind us of the moral state of a people: Few are guilty, but all are responsible."
  • "Remember that there is a meaning beyond absurdity. Be sure that every little deed counts, that every word has power. Never forget that you can still do your share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and frustrations and disappointments."
  • "When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."
  • "Awareness of symbolic meaning is awareness of a specific idea; kavanah is awareness of an ineffable situation.
  • "A Jew is asked to take a leap of action rather than a leap of thought."
  • "Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed."
  • "The Almighty has not created the universe that we may have opportunities to satisfy our greed, envy and ambition."
  • "The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments."
  • "The course of life is unpredictable... no one can write his autobiography in advance."
  • "When I marched in Selma, my legs were praying."

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