All the various component parts of the Hebrew worship subserve this great purpose, the bringing of man into communication with God.

- Samson Raphael Hirsch

The more the Jew is a Jew, the more universalist will his views and aspirations be, the less aloof will he be from anything that is noble and good, t…

- Samson Raphael Hirsch

However important it is that love shall precede marriage, it is far more important that it shall continue after marriage.

- Samson Raphael Hirsch

To really observe the Sabbath in our day and age! To cease for a whole day from all business, from all work, amidst the frenzied hurry-scurry of our …

- Samson Raphael Hirsch

Every breath drawn by an individual who truly serves God will elicit a responsive chord from the universe around him.

- Samson Raphael Hirsch

One glorious chain of love, of giving and receiving, unites all creatures.

- Samson Raphael Hirsch

It's not how much or how little you have that makes you great or small, but how much or how little you are with what you have.

- Samson Raphael Hirsch

We live in a divine world.

- Samson Raphael Hirsch

Above all, those to whom the care of young minds has been entrusted should see to it that they respect both the smallest and largest animals as being…

- Samson Raphael Hirsch