Abraham Joshua Heschel

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#discipline #inspirational #self-respect #inspirational

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#pilgrimage #faith

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. -Abraham Joshua Heschel, theology professor (1907-1972) ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#humor #life-lessons #maturity #age

We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#life #wonder #life

This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#love #wisdom #experience

Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#wonder #attitude

Man's sin is in his failure to live what he is. Being the master of the earth, man forgets that he is the servant of God. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#earth #failure #forgets #god #his

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#importance #supreme #unless

Man is a messenger who forgot the message. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#man #message #messenger #who

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

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

#holy #just #live