Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Polish Educator
Born: Jan 11, 1907
Died: Dec 23, 1972
God He Light Love Man Religion
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. Abraham Joshua Heschel
People Old Clever Young Kind Admire Admired Clever People Am Now
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-Respect Respect Fruit Dignity Discipline Sense Say Ability Oneself Grows
Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God. Abraham Joshua Heschel
God Religion World Light Way Worship Seeing
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
Love Culture People Old Care Affection Incurable Tyrants Mines Easy Fond Point True Toward Make How Test Dictators Behaves Gold Being Children To Love Helpless Even
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
God Logical Darkness Light Assumptions Immediate Insight Something He Hypothesis Self-Evident Sought Derived Reason
Man is a messenger who forgot the message. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Man Message Messenger Forgot Who
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. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Love God Time Strength Religion Man Passion Compassion Defiance Thought Despair Others One Time Religious Religious Man Greatest Greatest Strength Times Person Done Holds Who Whose Suffers Harm
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Blessing Live Just Holy
The road to the sacred leads through the secular. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Secular Through Sacred Road Leads
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
God Light Satisfied Neglects Ease Ardor Never He His Truly Craves Who
The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. Abraham Joshua Heschel
God Prayer Issue

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