Author: Meir Soloveichik

Quotes

Rather than forgive, we can wish ill; rather than hope for repentance, we can instead hope that our enemies experience the wrath of God.

Rather than forgive, we can wish ill; rather than hope for repentance, we can instead hope that our enemies experience the wrath of God.

- Meir Soloveichik

Bride and groom are not just two contracting parties but two loving and beloved companions, joined in establishing a home that will be nothing less than a source of immortality.

Bride and groom are not just two contracting parties but two loving and beloved companions, joined in establishing a home that will be nothing less than a source of immortality.

- Meir Soloveichik

If God loves human beings and seeks to relate to them because he is drawn to something unique about them, then his love must be exclusive and cannot be universal.

If God loves human beings and seeks to relate to them because he is drawn to something unique about them, then his love must be exclusive and cannot be universal.

- Meir Soloveichik

We Americans unite faith and freedom in asserting that our liberties are your gift, God, not that of government.

We Americans unite faith and freedom in asserting that our liberties are your gift, God, not that of government.

- Meir Soloveichik

I do work a lot on arguing that things which people assume are always wrong are not necessarily so and, indeed, can often be right.

I do work a lot on arguing that things which people assume are always wrong are not necessarily so and, indeed, can often be right.

- Meir Soloveichik

Traditional Christians cannot conceive of God as Mormons do: a God who has a wife, who invites other human beings to become gods with him.

Traditional Christians cannot conceive of God as Mormons do: a God who has a wife, who invites other human beings to become gods with him.

- Meir Soloveichik

God can desire to enter into a relationship with us; he can be drawn to some aspect of our identity.

God can desire to enter into a relationship with us; he can be drawn to some aspect of our identity.

- Meir Soloveichik

The essence of a religion can be discovered by asking its adherents one question: 'What, to your mind, was the seminal moment in the history of the world?'

The essence of a religion can be discovered by asking its adherents one question: 'What, to your mind, was the seminal moment in the history of the world?'

- Meir Soloveichik

Jews focus on the Torah, the embodiment of God's will; Christians, on an embodied God.

Jews focus on the Torah, the embodiment of God's will; Christians, on an embodied God.

- Meir Soloveichik

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