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We live in order to develop the superior qualities of man which are, as yet, for the most part latent.

— Felix Adler Life and Destiny (1913)

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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.

Life and Destiny (1913)

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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