An optimist is a person who sees only the lights in the picture, whereas a pessimist sees only the shadows. An idealist, however, is one who sees the light and the shadows, but in addition sees something else: the possibility… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
As the light of morning strikes now one peak and then another, some being illuminated while others are in the shadow, so the light of the essential moral principle shines now upon one duty and then upon another, while others… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each include the other, each is enriched by the other. — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
May the humanity that is within every human being be held precious. The vice that underlies all vices is that we are held cheap… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
It is the moral element contained in it that alone gives value and dignity to a religion, and only in so far as its… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
It is written that the last enemy to be vanquished is death. We should begin early in life to vanquish this enemy by obliterating… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
The human race may be compared to a writer. At the outset a writer has often only a vague general notion of the plan… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
“[His research into biblical criticism had lead him to the conclusion that most of what was contained in traditional religion simply wasn't true] Was… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
The right for the right's sake is the motto which everyone should take for his own life. With that as a standard of value… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
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