Quotes by : Abraham Joshua Heschel

Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history....

People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or....

...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings,....

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity growswith the ability to say no to oneself.....

Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards....

The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to....

We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.

Are we truly committed to the notion that ideals and values vary and alter in accordance with changing....

To be or not to be is not the question, the vital question is how to be and how not to be…

Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.