Home / Quotes / Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

“He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.”

Book:Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion

Work

Man Is Not Alone: A Philosophy of Religion

This book delves into the philosophical underpinnings of religion, examining its role and impact on individuals and society. more

Author

Abraham Joshua Heschel

Abraham Joshua Heschel was a renowned rabbi and Jewish scholar, born on January 11, 1907, and passed away on December 23, 1972. He had a profound impact on religious philosophy, Jewish theology, and moral ethics. more

“To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives: it is the only way we can leave the future open. Man, surrounded by facts, permitting himself no surmise, no intuitive flash, no great hypothesis, no risk, is in a locked cell. Ignorance cannot seal the mind and imagination more surely.”

Men Way Mind Believe Facts Belief Imagination Our Lives Risk Ignorance Cells Locked Flash Hypothesis Intuitive Seals

Author:Lillian Smith

“He felt the comfort of being part of an eternal cycle symbolized by the gold strips on either side of the black mourning band he wore. Light, dark, light. The dark was just an interval.”

Light Felt Sides Black Dark Comfort Band Eternal Gold Patience Mourning Cycles Intervals Light Dark

Book:The Lost Fleet: Relentless

Source: The Lost Fleet: Relentless

“To a greater or lesser extent there goes on in every person a struggle between two forces: the longing for privacy and the urge to go places: the introversion, interest directed within oneself toward one's own inner life of vigorous thought and fancy; and extroversion, interest directed outward, toward the external world of people and tangible values.”

People World Persons Two Values Force Interest Struggle Greater Journey Goes On Longing Oneself Fancy Privacy Urges Tangible Vigorous Inner Life Introversion

Book:Lectures on Russian Literature

Source: Lectures on Russian Literature

“Truth is the ricochet of a prejudice bouncing off a fact.”

Facts Truth Truth Is Prejudice Ricochet

Book:Mince Pie: Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street

Source: Mince Pie: Adventures on the Sunny Side of Grub Street

“Anarchism is grounded in a rather definite social-psychological hypothesis: that forceful, graceful and intelligent behaviour occurs only when there is an uncoerced and direct response to the physical and social environment; that in most human affairs, more harm than good results from compulsion, top-down direction, bureaucratic planning, pre-ordained curricula, jails, conscription, states.”

Source: Like a conquered province: the moral ambiguity of America

“And as for Mixed Mathematics, I may only make this prediction, that there cannot fail to be more kinds of them, as nature grows further disclosed.”

Kind May Grows Failing Failure Mathematics Math Mathematical Statistics Predictions

Book:The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes

Source: The works of Francis Bacon, Baron of Verulam, Viscount St. Alban, and Lord High Chancellor of England, in five volumes

“The ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully obstructs the understanding.”

Choices Understanding Ill Statistics

Book:The Essays

Source: The Essays

“The master of superstition, is the people; and in all superstition, wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reversed order.”

People Men Order Practice Wise Masters Fool Argument Statistics Superstitions

Book:The Works of Francis Bacon

Source: The Works of Francis Bacon

Quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel

Work

Author

You May Also Like