Racism is man's gravest threat to man - the maximum of hatred for a minimum of reason.
Abraham J. Heschel
Self-respect is the root of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham J. Heschel
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others,whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
Abraham J. Heschel
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham J. Heschel
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
Abraham J. Heschel
In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves
Abraham J. Heschel
A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.
Abraham J. Heschel
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Abraham J. Heschel
The course of life in unpredictable. No one can write his autobiography in advance.
Abraham J. Heschel