The test of love is in how one relates not to saints and scholars but to rascals.
Abraham Joshua HeschelThe worship of reason is arrogance and betrays a lack of intelligence. The rejection of reason is cowardice and betrays a lack of faith.
Abraham Joshua HeschelA prophet's true greatness is his ability to hold God and man in a single thought.
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