Abraham Joshua Heschel

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#doubt #knowledge #rather #root #than

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#issue #prayer

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#god #light #seeing #way #world

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

#craved #craves #ease #god #his

The road to the sacred leads through the secular. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#road #sacred #secular #through

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#admired #am #clever #clever people #i

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#ability #dignity #discipline #fruit #grows

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

#darkness #derived #god #hypothesis #immediate

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? ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#answer #ask #encompass #enough #everything

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#hatred #man #maximum #minimum #racism