--- title: "4 Isaac Hecker Quotes - (Nineteenth-Century Spirituality for Our Time)" description: "Isaac Thomas Hecker, C.S.P., was a noted American convert to the Catholic Church who became a Catholic priest and founder of the Paulist Fathers, a Nort..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-isaac-hecker-44692.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Isaac Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-isaac-hecker-44692.jpg) # Isaac Hecker **4** quotes in **47** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Isaac Thomas Hecker, C.S.P., was a noted American convert to the Catholic Church who became a Catholic priest and founder of the Paulist Fathers, a North American religious society of men. ## Quick Facts About Isaac Hecker Notable works Nineteenth-Century Spirituality for Our Time ## About Isaac Hecker Isaac Thomas Hecker, C.S.P., was a noted American convert to the Catholic Church who became a Catholic priest and founder of the Paulist Fathers, a North American religious society of men. ## Quotes by Isaac Hecker > [People used to think of vocal music as boring choir stuff, once you figured out that you can do crazy beat-boxing, awesome…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-hecker/people-used-to-think-of-vocal-music-as-boring-choir-stuff-once-you/) [Isaac Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-hecker/) [Bass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/isaac-hecker-70757_bass_people-used-to-think-of-vocal-music-as-b_1856445.jpg) > [Our religious needs are our deepest needs. There is no peace till they are satisfied and contented. The attempt to stifle them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-hecker/our-religious-needs-are-our-deepest-needs-there-is-no-peace-till-they/) [Isaac Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-hecker/) [Cease](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cease/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a9/isaac-hecker-70757_cease_our-religious-needs-are-our-deepest-need_2377928.jpg) > [This is life's greatest moment, when the soul unfolds capacities which reach beyond earth's boundaries.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-hecker/this-is-life-s-greatest-moment-when-the-soul-unfolds-capacities-which/) [Isaac Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-hecker/) [Boundaries](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/boundaries/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/isaac-hecker-70757_boundaries_this-is-life-s-greatest-moment-when-the_3000541.jpg) > [Religion is the answer to that cry of Reason which nothing can silence, that aspiration of the soul which no created thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-hecker/religion-is-the-answer-to-that-cry-of-reason-which-nothing-can/) [Isaac Hecker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-hecker/) [Answers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/answers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e50/isaac-hecker-70757_answers_religion-is-the-answer-to-that-cry-of-re_3207706.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-hecker/#itemlist", "name": "Isaac Hecker Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People used to think of vocal music as boring choir stuff, once you figured out that you can do crazy beat-boxing, awesome bass lines (and) throw everything together, you just have really cool music.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Isaac Hecker" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-hecker/people-used-to-think-of-vocal-music-as-boring-choir-stuff-once-you/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/isaac-hecker-70757_bass_people-used-to-think-of-vocal-music-as-b_1856445.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/isaac-hecker-70757_bass_people-used-to-think-of-vocal-music-as-b_1856445.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e1/isaac-hecker-70757_bass_people-used-to-think-of-vocal-music-as-b_1856445.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People used to think of vocal music as boring choir stuff, once you figured out that you can do crazy…” — Isaac Hecker", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Our religious needs are our deepest needs. 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