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Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

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

"SQ : Connecting with Our Spiritual Intelligence". Book by Danah Zohar and Ian Marshall, 2000.

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

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1955). “Insecurity of Freedom”, p.86, Macmillan

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

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1997). “Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays”, p.264, Macmillan

You must build your life as if it were a work of art.

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1983). “I Asked for Wonder: A Spiritual Anthology”, Crossroad Publishing Company

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

Abraham Joshua Heschel (1965). “Who is Man?”, p.112, Stanford University Press

The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.

Telegram to President John F. Kennedy, June 16, 1963.