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.

His father MoAbraham Joshua Heschel Mordechai Heschel died of influenza in 1916. He discusses ways that people can seek God's presence and the radical amazement that we receive in return. "
"When I marched in Selma my legs were praying.

Abraham Joshua Heschel (January 11 1907 – December 23 1972) was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century.