Occupation: Rabbi Birth: January 11, 1907 Death: December 23, 1972
There is happiness in the love of labor, there is misery in the love of gain..
To be is to stand for..
Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would….
In any free society where terrible wrongs exist, some are guilty - all are responsible..
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference..
Being points beyond itself. Accustomed to think in terms of space, the expression "being points beyond itself" may be taken to denote a higher point ….
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline..
We forfeit the right to worship God as long as we continue to humiliate negroes. ... The hour calls for moral grandeur and spiritual audacity..
The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God..
The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past ….
A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. ….
To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments..
To be spiritual is to be amazed..
The awe of God is wisdom..
The meaning of the Sabbath is to celebrate time rather than space. Six days a week we live under the tyranny of things of space; on the Sabbath we tr….
We are closer to God when we are asking questions than when we think we have the answers..
Life without commitment is not worth living..
People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age.... Wisdom, maturity,….
The course of life is unpredictable no one can write his autobiography in advance..
The work on weekdays and the rest on the seventh day are correlated. The Sabbath is the inspirer, the other days the inspired..
Faith is not the clinging to a shrine but an endless pilgrimage of the heart..