Polish - Educator | January 11, 1907 - December 23, 1972
Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
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When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people.
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Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
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