It is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHELPeople are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age….
More Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes
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The anchor of meaning resides in an abyss, deeper than the reach of despair.
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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.
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When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
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As civilization advances, the sense of wonder declines. Such decline is an alarming symptom of our state of mind.
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Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.
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Self-respect is the root of discipline
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In the second way he sees in what surrounds him things to be acknowledged, understood, valued or admired.
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Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
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To us injustice is injurious to the welfare of the people; to the prophets it is a deathblow to existence: to us, an episode; to them, a catastrophe, a threat to the world.
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Life is not meaningful…unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
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God is either of no importance, or of supreme importance.
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Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God.
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There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath.
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Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
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What is meant, however, is a higher category than being: the power of maintaining being.
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