A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair.

Quote by Abraham J Heschel

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Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to...

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to...

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to...

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

Truth is the cry of many, but the game of the few

Truth is the cry of many, but the game of the few

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire...

When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire...

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth...

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy...

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at...

A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at...

Ask a scientist a very profound question on his science and he will be silent....

Ask a scientist a very profound question on his science and he will be silent....

Some people feel that others believe in God because they fear death. Why should I...

Some people feel that others believe in God because they fear death. Why should I...

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady...

Most men's anger about religion is as if two men should quarrel for a lady...

The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of...

The obscene and vulgar stories in the Bible are as repugnant to our ideas of...

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Think how great a proportion of mankind, consists of weak and ignorant men and women,...

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

Impiety, n.: Your irreverence toward my deity.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

God made everything out of nothing, but the nothingness shows through.

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

To fall in love is to create a religion that has a fallible god.

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

Your belief in God is merely an escape from your monotonous, stupid and cruel life

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

Nothing is so fatal to religion as indifference.

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely...

The Bible was a consolation to a fellow alone in the old cell. The lovely...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...

And I have no doubt that every new example will succeed, as every past one...