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Here are two kinds of light, the light on the hither side of the darkness and the light beyond the darkness.

— Felix Adler Life and Destiny (1913)

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The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act So As To Elicit the Best In Others and Thereby In Thy Self.

Ethical religion affirms the continuity of progress toward moral perfection.

Life and Destiny (1913)

Deep down in every human heart is the seed of a diviner life, which only needs the quickening influence of right conditions to germinate.

Life and Destiny (1913)

The bitter, yet merciful, lesson which death teaches us is to distinguish the gold from the tinsel, the true values from the worthless chaff.

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The moral improvement of the nations and their individual components has not kept pace with the march of intellect and the advance of industry.

Founding Address (1876)

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