Quotes about Connection
Judaism is God's quest for man.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
It is not utility that we seek in religion but eternity.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The Bible is to be understood by the spirit that grows with it, wrestles with it, and prays with it.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Six days a week the spirit is alone, disregarded, forsaken, forgotten.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Just as man is not alone in what he is, he is not alone in what he does. A mitsvah is an act which God and man have in common.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The plea is not to obey what He wills but to do what He is.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
To the religious man it is as if things stood with their backs to him, their faces turned to God, as if the glory of things consisted in their being an object of divine care.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
Unless we are involved, the problem is not present.
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
The better part of one's life consists of his friendships.
— Abraham Lincoln
Love is the chain whereby to lock a child to its parent.
— Abraham Lincoln
Birds of a feather flock together.
— Aesop
Our homes do not have to offer us permanent occupancy or store our clothes to merit the name. To speak of home in relation to a building is simply to recognise its harmony with our own prized internal song. Home can be an airport or a library, a garden or a motorway diner.
— Alain de Botton