A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at on…

Abraham Joshua Heschel
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A religious man is a person who holds God and man in one thought at one time, at all times, who suffers harm done to others, whose greatest passion is compassion, whose greatest strength is love and defiance of despair. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1997). Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays, p.289, Macmillan
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