The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Racism is man’s gravest threat to man – the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Man’s sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God. — Abraham Joshua Heschel