Quotes from Abraham Joshua Heschel
The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Life is not meaningful...unle ss it is serving an end beyond itself; unless it is of value to someone else.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Everything is phenomenal; everything is incredible; never treat life casually. To be spiritual is to be amazed.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
To abstain completely from all enjoyments may be easy. Yet to enjoy life and retain spiritual integrity - there is the challenge.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. ... The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Spiritual life begins to decay when we fail to sense the grandeur of what is eternal in time.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
I did not ask for success; I asked for wonder.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
You must build your life as if it were a work of art.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel