Quotes from Abraham Joshua Heschel

The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?

How embarrassing for man to be the greatest miracle on earth and not to understand it!

God is of no importance unless He is of supreme importance.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired.

Faith is something that comes out of the soul. It is not an information that is absorbed but an attitude, existing prior to the formulation of any creed.

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.

Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart.

Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.

Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.

We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.