Felix Adler Quotes
Quote 1.- “The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.” Felix Adler
Quote 2.- “We cannot adopt the way of living that was satisfactory a hundred years ago. The world in which we live has changed, and we must change with it.” Felix Adler
Quote 3.- “Dogma is the convictions of one man imposed authoritatively upon others.” Felix Adler
Quote 4.- “Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.” Felix Adler
Quote 5.-“Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.” Felix Adler
Quote 6.- “Like the builders of the second Jerusalem temple, we were compelled to build with one hand and to bear the sword, as it were, in the other.” Felix Adler
Quote 7.- “No one can fail to see that the power of the Church among large numbers in many communities is today diminishing, or has already ceased.” Felix Adler
Quote 8.- “Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.” Felix Adler
Quote 9.- “The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.” Felix Adler
Quote 10.- “The family is the school of duties - founded on love.” Felix Adler
Quote 11.- “The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.” Felix Adler
Quote 12.- “We measure our enjoyments by the sum expended.” Felix Adler
Quote 13.- “No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.” Felix Adler
Quote 14.- “Leave the matter of religion to the family altar, the church, and the private school, supported entirely by private contributions. Keep the church and state forever separate.” Felix Adler
Quote 15.- “Love of country is like love of woman–he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.” Felix Adler
Quote 16.- “Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.” Felix Adler
Quote 17.- “Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.” Felix Adler
Felix Adler was born August 13, 1851 in Alzey, Germany and died April 24, 1933 in New York City.Son of a rabbi, Adler immigrated to the United States with his family in 1856 and graduated from Columbia College in 1870.He after became professor of Hebrew and Oriental literature at Cornell University, Ithaca. He became famous as a staff writer for the Columbia Pictures short subject department in 1935, a position he held until its demise in 1957, becoming adept in later years at writing new wraparounds to old His major works include:Creed and Deed (1877), The Moral Instruction of Children (1892), The World Crisis and its Meaning (1915),An Ethical Philosophy of Life (1919), The Reconstruction of the Moral Ideal (1924).