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 platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the...

The platform of an Ethical Society is itself the altar; the address must be the...

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient...

No religion can long continue to maintain its purity when the church becomes the subservient...

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.

Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks...

Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks...

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...

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...

You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your...

You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your...

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 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...

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

Simplicity should not be identified with bareness.

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 family is the school of duties - founded on love.

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

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 ethical manifold, conceived of as unified, furnishes, or rather is, the ideal of the...

The ethical manifold, conceived of as unified, furnishes, or rather is, the ideal of the...

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...

We measure our enjoyments by the sum expended.

We measure our enjoyments by the sum expended.

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but...

Where the roots of private virtue are diseased, the fruit of public probity cannot but...

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...

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial...

An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial...