Author: Felix Adler

Quotes

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.

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

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.

- Felix Adler

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.

- Felix Adler

Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.

Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.

- Felix Adler

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of maintaining the custom of public assemblies on Sunday.

- Felix Adler

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient vassal of the state.

- Felix Adler

The family is the school of duties - founded on love.

The family is the school of duties - founded on love.

- Felix Adler

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

The office of the public teacher is an unenviable and thankless one.

- Felix Adler

Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.

Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other.

- Felix Adler

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