All the troubles of the world, especially the spiritual, such as grief, impatience, disillusionment, despair, the truly basic troubles of man-they ca…

- Abraham Isaac Kook

An epiphany enables you to sense creation not as something completed, but as constantly becoming, evolving, ascending. This transports you from a pla…

- Abraham Isaac Kook

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…

- Abraham Isaac Kook

I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent.

- Abraham Isaac Kook

When the spirit shines, even foggy skies make pleasant light.

- Abraham Isaac Kook

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.

- Abraham Isaac Kook

The higher the truth, the simpler it is.

- Abraham Isaac Kook

The Second Temple was destroyed because of causeless hatred. Perhaps the Third will be rebuilt because of causeless love.

- Abraham Isaac Kook

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…

- Abraham Isaac Kook