God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
In thinking about religion and society in the 21st century, we should broaden the conversation about faith from doctrinal debates to the… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
We believe that what we possess we don't ultimately own. God is merely entrusting it to us. And one of the conditions… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
If the history of the Day of Atonement has anything to say to us now it is: never relieve individuals of moral… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Yom HaShoah is a vital day in the Jewish calendar, providing us with a focal point for our remembrance. We cannot bring… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive;… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Food prices are often kept artificially high. The result is that the Millennium Development Goals set out by the United Nations at the start… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects,… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Man was not made for the service of economies; economies were made to serve mankind; and men and women were made - so we… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
A perfect storm is in the making: financial uncertainty, economic downturn, government cuts, rising unemployment and a future that looks less clear the more… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
“To whom is an international corporation answerable? Often they do not employ workers. They outsource manufacturing to places far away. If wages rise in… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Jews read the books of Moses not just as history but as divine command. The question to which they are an answer is not,… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
What I find fascinating about Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights we celebrate at this time of the year, is the way its story… — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals. — Jonathan Sacks Copy Share Image
