Is the discovery of some form of life on Mars or Venus or man's conquest of the moon really as important to humanity as the conquest of poverty, disease, prejudice and superstition ?

A.J.Heschel , The Moral Dilemma of the Space Age, in Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity, FS&G, p. 213

Judaism is the art of the impossible.

A.J.Heschel , The Plight of Russian Jews, in Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity, FS&G, p. 214

שורשי "הברית הישראלית" בהשל ?

...Jewish existence is not only the adherence to particular doctrines and observances but primarily the living in the Jews of the past and with the Jews of the present.

A.J.Heschel , God, Torah, and Israel, in Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity, FS&G, p. 205 

What is the Sabbath ? A reminder of every man's royalty; an abolition of the distinction of master and slave, rich and poor, success and failure. T0 celebrate the Sabbath is to experience one's ultimate independence of civilization and society, of achievement and anxiety. The Sabbath is an embodiment of the belief that all men are equal and that equality of men means the nobility of men. The greatest sin of man is to forget that he is a prince.

A.J. Heschel , God in Search of Man, FS&G, p. 417

The way to understand the meaning of torah min hashamayim ("the Bible is from heaven") is to understand the meaning of hashamayim min hatorah ("heaven is from the Bible"). Whatever taste of "heaven" we have on earth is in the Bible.

A.J. Heschel, God in Search of Man, FSG, p. 256

The words of the Bible are sources of spirit.

A.J. Heschel, God in Search of Man, FSG, p. 253

מילות המקרא הן מקורות של  רוח.

א.י. השל, אלוהים מבקש את האדם, הוצאת מאגנס, תרגום עזן מאיר-לוי, עמי 200 בתיקון שלי  - ג'ף 

Reverence for words - an awareness of the wonder of words, of the mystery of words - is an essential prerequisite for prayer.

A. J. Heschel.  Prayer as Discipline, in The Insecurity of Freedom, FS&G, p. 259