Man is naturally self-centered and he is inclined to regard expediency as the supreme standard for what is right and wrong. However, we must not convert an inclination into an axiom that just as man's perceptions cannot operate outside time and space, so his motivations cannot operate outside expediency; that man can never transcend his own self. The most fatal trap into which thinking may fall is the equation of existence and expediency.
I am commanded therefore I am. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
I am commanded therefore I am.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel
Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method
Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your… - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your…
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.
To be is to stand for. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
To be is to stand for.
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline.
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible. - Abraham Joshua Heschel
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible.
Self-respect is the root of discipline - Abraham Joshua Heschel
Self-respect is the root of discipline
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