We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers.

The worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.

All events are secretly interrelated; the sweep of all we are doing reaches beyond the horizon of our comprehension.

In the midst of our applauding the feats of civilization, the Bible flings itself like a knife slashing our complacency; remind us that God, too, has a voice in history.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method

People of our time are losing the power of celebration. Instead of celebrating we seek to be amused or entertained. Celebration is an active state, an act of expressing reverence or appreciation. To be entertained is a passive state--it is to receive pleasure afforded by an amusing act or a spectacle.... Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions. Source: The Wisdom of Heschel