Philosophy may be defined as the art of asking the right question...awareness of the problem outlives all solutions. The answers are questions in disguise, every new answer giving rise to new questions.
Abraham Joshua HeschelIt is of the essence of virtue that the good is not to be done for the sake of a reward.
Abraham Joshua HeschelWe must first peer into the darkness, feel strangled and entombed in the hopelessness of living without God, before we are ready to feel the presence of His living light.
Abraham Joshua HeschelTo sing means to sense and to affirm that the spirit is real and that its glory is present.
Abraham Joshua HeschelUnderstanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether He is a reality or a figment of the mind. God cannot be sensed as a second thought, as an explanation of the origin of the universe. He is either the first and the last, or just another concept.
Abraham Joshua Heschel