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

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

Felix Adler
Religious, Dogma, Creeds

It may be impossible for a man by merely willing it to add wings to his body, but it is possible for any man, by merely willing it, to add wings to his soul. This perennial miracle of the moral nature is capable of happening at any time.

Felix Adler
Men, Wings, Miracle
Felix Adler (1956). “Life and destiny”

But even our pleasures are calculated and business like. We measure our enjoyments by the sum expended. Our salons are often little better than bazaars of fashion.

Felix Adler
Enjoyment
Founding address of New York Society for Ethical Culture, May 15, 1876.

You do not build your own houses, nor make your own garments, nor bake your own bread, simply because you know that if you were to attempt all these things they would all be more or less ill done.

Felix Adler
House, Done, Bread

The Infinite, from which comes the impulse that lead us to activity, is not the highest Reason, but higher than reason; not the highest Goodness, but higher than goodness.

Felix Adler
Infinite, Reason, Goodness
"Life and Destiny". Book by Felix Adler, 1903.

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

Felix Adler
Freedom, Long, Church
FELIX ADLER (1880). “CREED AND DEED A SERIES OF DISCOURSES”

Religion is a wizard, a sibyl . . . She faces the wreck of worlds, and prophesies restoration. She faces a sky blood-red with sunset colours that deepen into darkness, and prophesies dawn. She faces death, and prophesies life.

Felix Adler
Religious, Sunset, Blood
Felix Adler (1956). “Life and destiny”

We stand, as it were, on the shore, and see multitudes of our fellow beings struggling in the water, stretching forth their arms, sinking, drowning, and we are powerless to assist them.

Felix Adler
Encouragement, Struggle, Water

Admitting the force of these contentions, nevertheless, the custom of meeting together in public assembly for the consideration of the most serious, the most exalted topics of human interest is too vitally precious to be lost.

Felix Adler
Together, Admitting, Topics

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