Felix Adler
Felix Adler
Felix Adlerwas an American screenwriter whose career spanned over 30 years. He is known for his work with the Three Stooges, including their Men in Black, which received an Academy Award nomination for "Best Short Subject - Comedy"...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth22 January 1884
CityAlzey, Germany
CountryGermany
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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.
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Like the builders of the second Jerusalem temple, we were compelled to build with one hand and to bear the sword, as it were, in the other.
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The exercises of our meeting are to be simple and devoid of all ceremonial and formalism.
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Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good
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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.
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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.
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Dogma is the convictions of one man imposed authoritatively upon others.
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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.
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We cannot adopt the way of living that was satisfactory a hundred years ago. The world in which we live has changed, and we must change with it.
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Few are there that will leave the secure seclusion of the scholar's life, the peaceful walks of literature and learning, to stand out a target for the criticism of unkind and hostile minds.
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People may be said to resemble the pieces of a puzzle, each unique, yet each essential to bring out a complete picture.
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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.
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If you desire information on some point of law, you are not likely to ponder over the ponderous tomes of legal writers in order to obtain the knowledge you seek, by your own unaided efforts.
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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.