Self-respect is the fruit of discipline the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
Worship is a way of seeing the world in the light of God.
Abraham Joshua Heschel Rabbi
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: United States
- Born: Jan 11, 1907
- Died: Dec 23, 1972
Abraham Joshua Heschel was a Polish-born American rabbi and one of the leading Jewish theologians and Jewish philosophers of the 20th century. Heschel, a professor of Jewish mysticism at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, authored a number of widely read books on Jewish philosophy and was active in the American Civil Rights movement.