Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes

Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.

Prayer is simply a two-way conversation between you and God.

We mustn't reserve communing with God just for morning and evening prayers, or for weekly worship service, or for when we feel burdened. The goal is to realize that every moment of our lives is a meditation. Allow yourself to marvel at the wonder of God's work all around us. Throughout your day, let the sun, a tree, a piece of fruit remind you that everything you could ever want has been provided and can be found right here on earth.

My friends, it is one thing to go to church or chapel; it is quite another thing to go to God.

For the life of me, I still don't understand why humans pray.

I ought to pray as much as God's on my mind, because then I'd pray a lot. All I can tell you is God is real, and so that infuses everything.

I speak to God every day.

Praying doesn't mean repeating a prayer.

Prayer is the most concrete way to make our home in God.

I can find God in nature, in animals, in birds and the environment.

I never go to temples, but when I see a child, I see God in them.

Prayer is the slender nerve that moves the muscle of omnipotence.

Nothing is more important to God than prayer in dealing with mankind. But it is likewise all-important to man to pray.

I listen and talk to God daily.

My faith means everything to me. God and I talk constantly.

By turning your eyes on God in meditation, your whole soul will be filled with God. Begin all your prayers in the presence of God.

I'm probably at my least religious I've ever been in a while. When you're moved by music, that's always good. But I haven't been talking to God too much lately.

The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.

Spirituality was the main issue. Connection with God was the main issue.

Whatever it is that can help to bring God close is something to be revered.

I talk to Allah, I pray to him.

The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.

Prayer is where the action is.

I don't pray because I don't want to bore God.

I've taught a lot about prayer over the years and how it is really just talking to God.