Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.

Our age is one in which usefulness is thought to be the chief merit of nature; in which the attainment of power

Human being is both being in the world and living in the world. Living involves responsible understanding of one’s role in relation to all other beings.

Sometimes there seems to be a greater separation between the church and God than between the church and state.

It is gratefulness which makes the soul great.

The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power…Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

We use words as tools. We forget that words are a repository of the spirit. The tragedy of our times is that the vessels of the spirit are broken.

God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.

When religion speaks only in the name of authority rather than with the voice of compassion, its message becomes meaningless.