Author: Felix Adler

Quotes

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon.

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the fire that burns thereon.

- 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

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

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.

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

Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.

Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the country was celebrating the hundredth anniversary of its political independence.

- 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

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 family is the school of duties - founded on love.

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

- Felix Adler

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