Abraham Joshua Heschel Quote

We no longer know how to justify any value except in terms of expediency. Man … feels, acts, and thinks as if the sole purpose of the universe were to satisfy his needs.


The Insecurity of Freedom: Essays on Human Existence, 1967


We no longer know how to justify any value except in terms of expediency. Man … feels, acts, and thinks as if the sole purpose of the universe were ...

We no longer know how to justify any value except in terms of expediency. Man … feels, acts, and thinks as if the sole purpose of the universe were ...

We no longer know how to justify any value except in terms of expediency. Man … feels, acts, and thinks as if the sole purpose of the universe were ...

We no longer know how to justify any value except in terms of expediency. Man … feels, acts, and thinks as if the sole purpose of the universe were ...