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

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Hatred Man Maximum Minimum Racism Reason Threat

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

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Ability Dignity Discipline Fruit Grows Oneself Say Self-Respect Sense

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

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Admire Admired Am Clever Clever People Kind Now Old People Young I Am

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A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Affection Behaves Being Care Children Culture Dictators Easy Even Fond Gold Helpless How Incurable Love Make Mines Old People Point Test To Love Toward True Tyrants

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Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: God Light Seeing Way World Worship

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Man is a messenger who forgot the message.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Forgot Man Message Messenger Who

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God is not a hypothesis derived from logical assumptions, but an immediate insight, self-evident as light. He is not something to be sought in the darkness with the light of reason. He is the light.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Assumptions Darkness Derived God He Hypothesis Immediate Insight Light Logical Reason Self-Evident Something Sought

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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Doubt Knowledge Rather Root Than Wonder

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

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Blessing Holy Just Live

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The road to the sacred leads through the secular.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

Topics: Leads Road Sacred Secular Through

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Biography

Nationality: Polish

Type: Educator

Born: January 11th, 1907

Died: December 23rd, 1972

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