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

Man is a messenger who forgot the message.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
Abraham Joshua Heschel

Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
Abraham Joshua 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 Joshua Heschel

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