Felix Adler

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

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

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the read more

The freedom of thought is a sacred right of every individual man, and diversity will continue to increase with the progress, refinement, and differentiation of the human intellect.

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark read more

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a read more

Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in read more

The conception of worth, that each person is an end per se, is not a mere abstraction. Our interest in it is not merely academic. Every outcry against the oppression of some people by other people, or against what is morally hideous is the affirmation of the principle that a human being as such is not to be violated. A human being is not to be handled as a tool but is to be respected and revered.