Abraham Joshua Heschel Quotes:
Ocupation: Rabbi
Life: January 11, 1907 - December 23, 1972
Birthday: January 11
Death: December 23
Trust is the core of human relationships, of gregariousness among men. Friendship, a puzzle to the syllogistic and critical mentality, is not based on experiments or tests of another person's qualities but on trust. It is not critical knowledge but a risk of the heart which initiates affection and preserves loyalty in our fellow men.
source: Abraham Joshua Heschel (1997). “Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays”, p.339, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
topic: Loyalty, Heart, Men, Initiate, Gregariousness
