Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed."

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted."

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted. Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually."

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

"We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice."

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

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

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Get up in the morning and look at the world in a way that takes nothing for granted"

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people."

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Racism is man’s gravest threat to man—the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason."

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

"Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself."

- 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

"It is dangerous to take human freedom for granted, to regard it as a prerogative rather than as an obligation, as an ultimate fact rather than as an ultimate goal. It is the beginning of wisdom to be amazed at the fact of our being free."

- Abraham Joshua Heschel

"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