Quotes on Education by Abraham Heschel
Here are some quotes on education by Abraham Heschel, a Jewish theologian.
Small is the world that most of us pay attention to, and limited is our concern. What do we see when we see the world? There are three aspects of nature that command our attention: its power, its beauty, and its grandeur. Accordingly, there are three ways in which we may relate ourselves to the world – we may exploit it, we may enjoy it, we may accept it in awe.
We teach our children how to measure, how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe. The sense for the sublime, the sign of the inward greatness of the human soul and something which is potentially given to all men, is now a rare gift. Yet without it, the world becomes flat and soul a vacuum.
I did not ask for success;
— Prayer of Abraham Heschel
I asked for wonder.
And You gave it to me.