Abraham J. Heschel Quotes

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. - Abraham J. Heschel

To be is to stand for. - Abraham J. Heschel

The course of life in unpredictable. No one can write his autobiography in advance. - Abraham J. Heschel

Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason. - Abraham J. Heschel

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. - Abraham J. Heschel

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 J. Heschel

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