Occupation: Chief Rabbi Birth: September 8, 1865 Death: September 1, 1935
The good will is all — and all the talents are ways to fulfill it..
I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent..
The Second Temple was destroyed because of causeless hatred. Perhaps the Third will be rebuilt because of causeless love..
The pure righteous do not complain of the dark, but increase the light; they do not complain of evil, but increase justice; they do not complain of h….
When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light..
There are free men with the spirit of a slave, and slaves whose spirit is full of freedom. He who is true to his inner self is a free man, while he w….
The higher the truth, the simpler it is..
Contemplate the wonders of creation, the Divine dimension of their being, not as a dim configuration that is presented to you from a distance, but as….
When one looks truly at the good side of everyone, others come to love him very naturally, and he does not need even a speck of flattery..
All the troubles of the world, especially the spiritual, such as grief, impatience, disillusionment, despair, the truly basic troubles of man-they ca….
An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending. This transports you from a pla….
The desire to be good to all with no restrictions - not in the quantity of those to whom we are good nor in the quality of the good we perform - that….
Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It's very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed of contradictions — ligh….
The progress of dynamic ideals will not be eternally blocked. Through general, moral and intellectual advancement... shall the latent aspiration of j….
The thought of a happiness that comes from outside the person, brings him sadness. But the recognition in the value of one's will and the freedom gra….
One whose soul does not wander in the expanses, one who does not seek the light of truth and goodness with all his heart, does not suffer spiritual r….
The delight of the Torah is ignited by an inner awareness. A man begins to sense the great tapestry of each letter and point. Every concept and conte….
A tiny remnant of a big thing is better than a whole little thing..
We are great and our faults are great and therefore our problems great and great are our consolations..
We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit..