Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschelwas a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was active in the American Civil Rights movement...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionEducator
Date of Birth11 January 1907
CountryPoland
guilty responsible
Few are guilty, but all are responsible.
kings prayer legs
When I marched with Martin Luther King in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.
people fulfillment humans
(People) can never attain fulfillment, or sense of meaning, unless it is shared, unless it pertains to other human beings.
disappointment frustration world
We can all do our share to redeem the world in spite of all absurdities and all frustrations and all disappointments.
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There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain.
god uncles nice
God is not nice. God is not an uncle. God is an earthquake.
simple intuition analysis
Awe is an intuition for the dignity of all things, a realization that things not only are what they are but also stand, however remotely, for something supreme. Awe is a sense for transcendence, for the reference everywhere to mystery beyond all things. It enables us to perceive in the world intimations of the divine. ... to sense the ultimate in the common and the simple: to feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal. What we cannot comprehend by analysis, we become aware of in awe.
ideas talent capacity
I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale.
inspirational inspiring business
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
morning sunshine evil
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. When I see an act of evil I don't accomodate, I don't accomodate myself to the violence that goes on everywhere. I am still so surprised! That is why I am against it. We must learn to be surprised.
civilization worship skyscraper
Our concern is not how to worship in the catacombs but how to remain human in the skyscrapers.
vanity people deception
Mundus vult decipi'—the world wants to be deceived. To live without deception presupposes standards beyond the reach of most people whose existence is largely shaped by compromise, evasion and mutual accommodation. Could they face their weakness, their vanity and selfishness, without a mask?
respect inspirational-life self
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
life faith appreciation
Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.