Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity Quotes

“The primary purpose of prayer is not to make requests. The primary purpose is to praise, to sing, to chant. Because the essence of prayer is a song, and man cannot live without a song.

Prayer may not save us. But prayer may make us worthy of being saved.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity

“Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved by the knowledge of wrong done to other people.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity

“Words create worlds.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity

“For the pious person, destiny means not simply to accomplish, but to contribute.”
― Abraham Joshua Heschel, Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity