Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

We do not step out of the world when we pray; we merely see the world in a different setting.

When I see an act of evil I don’t accomodate, I don’t accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere.

Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.

We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.

Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?

I would say about individuals, A Individual dies when they cease to to be surprised. I am surprised every morning when I see the sunshine again.

Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism.

To sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.

When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.

Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.