Ethical religion can be real only to those who are engaged in ceaseless efforts at moral improvement. By moving upward we acquire faith in an upward movement, without limit.

Quote by Felix Adler

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

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

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

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

Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the...

Perhaps a hundred people assembled one evening, May 15, 1876, at the time when the...

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up...

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up...

In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material...

In a country of such recent civilization as ours, whose almost limitless treasures of material...

The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring...

The past speaks to us in a thousand voices, warning and comforting, animating and stirring...

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms...

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms...

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.

The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless...

The unique personality which is the real life in me, I can not gain unless...

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder...

If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder...

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

People may be said to resemble not the bricks of which a house is built,...

People may be said to resemble not the bricks of which a house is built,...

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful...

Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful...

The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and...

The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and...

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly...

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly...

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of...

The Ethical Society, therefore, is like a Church in maintaining, and emphasizing the importance of...

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will...

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will...

The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to...

The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to...

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.

Our cultural diversity has most certainly shaped our national character.

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity; in...

I take as my guide the hope of a saint: in crucial things, unity; in...