God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Darkness,
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God,
Hypothesis,
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Insight,
Logical,
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Something,
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