The degree to which one is sensitive to other people's suffering, to other (people's) humanity, is the index of one's own humanity

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

Man is a messenger who forgot the message.

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

The higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.

To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments.

The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.