Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELAeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
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Yet the abyss is not not infinite; its bottom may suddenly be discovered within the confines of a human heart or under the debris of might doubts.
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
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The problem to be faced is: how to combine loyalty to one’s own tradition with reverence for different traditions.
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When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.
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It is not a psychical quality, something that exists in the mind only, but a force from the beyond.
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All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
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Awe enables us to see in the world intimations of the divine, to sense in small things the beginning of infinite significance
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To become aware of the ineffable is to part company with words.
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It is as if He were waiting to enter our empty, perishing lives.
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Ultimately there is no power to narcissistic, self-indulgent thinking. Authentic thinking originates with an encounter with the world.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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