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

Quote by Abraham J Heschel

Topics: People Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...

We live in an age that is driven by information. Technological breakthroughs... are changing the...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

I do not know who first invented the myth of sexual equality. But it is...

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

What Youth deemed crystal, Age finds out was dew.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don't mind, it don't matter.

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

Old age has the last word: the purely naturalistic look at life, however enthusiastically it...

I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.

I would go out with women my age, but there are no women my age.

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.

Knowledge in youth is wisdom in age.

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

Middle age ends and senescence begins, The day your descendants outnumber your friends.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing...

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing...

Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee.

Age, I do abhor thee, youth, I do adore thee.

Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it...

Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it...

On the whole, age comes more gently to those who have some doorway into an...

On the whole, age comes more gently to those who have some doorway into an...

Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be...

Don't rely on someone else for your happiness and self worth. Only you can be...

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition

I die adoring God, loving my friends, not hating my enemies, and detesting superstition