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Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

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Polish Educator January 11, 1907 – December 23, 1972

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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
Abraham Joshua Heschel quote: "Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the..."
Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel quote: "A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man..."
A prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel quote: "Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the..."
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
The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song. Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel quote: "Man is a messenger who forgot the message."
Man is a messenger who forgot the message. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Abraham Joshua Heschel quote: "Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred..."
Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. Abraham Joshua Heschel

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