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
secret may sacred
Those of faith who plant sacred thoughts in the uplands of time, the secret gardeners of the Lord in mankind's desolate hopes, may slacken and tarry but rarely betray their vocation.
stars dawn totality
We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
art philosophy giving
Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question...awareness of the problem outlives all solutions. The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
soul proximity
A soul can create only when alone...
wonder asks
I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
relationship horizon events
All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.
spiritual adventure goal
This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.
sacred-things deeds pagan
Pagans exalt sacred things, the Prophets extol sacred deeds.
attitude soul information
Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.
prayer issues have-faith
The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God. One cannot pray unless he has faith in his own ability to accost the infinite, merciful, eternal God.
deeds speech sound
Speech has power. Words do not fade. What starts out as a sound, ends in a deed.
self roots discipline
Self-respect is the root of discipline
god unless
God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.
people humanity suffering
The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity