In spite of the pangs of travail, the longing for motherhood remains the most powerful instinct in woman.

- Joseph Hertz

Man must be a co-worker with God in making this earth a garden.

- Joseph Hertz

A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth can be.

- Joseph Hertz

The immemorial ingratitude of rulers and commonwealths is proverbial. Especially common is ingratitude to Israel - the People that has achieved so mu…

- Joseph Hertz

Life is a frail and transitory thing, but it has been given a higher purpose and dignity through the revelation of God's Teaching to Israel, and the …

- Joseph Hertz

Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear rule over Nature.

- Joseph Hertz

To Israel's faithful hosts in the past, as to its loyal sons and daughters of the present, the Siddur has been the gate to communion with their Fathe…

- Joseph Hertz

Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.

- Joseph Hertz

Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading.

- Joseph Hertz