The Essence Of Man Is Not What

This Is One Of The Goals Of The Jewish Way Of Living: To Experience Commonplace Deeds As Spiritual Adventures, To Feel The Hidden Love And Wisdom In All Things.

Speech Has Power. Words Do Not Fade. What Starts Out As A Sound, Ends In A Deed.

Man Is Naturally Self-centered And He Is Inclined To Regard Expediency As The Supreme Standard For What Is Right And Wrong. However, We Must Not Convert An Inclination Into An Axiom That Just As Man's Perceptions Cannot Operate Outside Time And Space, So His Motivations Cannot Operate Outside Expediency; That Man Can Never Transcend His Own Self. The Most Fatal Trap Into Which Thinking May Fall Is The Equation Of Existence And Expediency.

Our Age Is One In Which Usefulness Is Thought To Be The Chief Merit Of Nature; In Which The Attainment Of Power, The Utilization Of Its Resources Is Taken To Be The Chief Purpose Of Man In God's Creation. Man Has Indeed Become Primarily A Tool-making Animal, And The World Is Now A Gigantic Tool Box For The Satisfaction Of His Needs.

There Is Happiness In The Love Of Labor, There Is Misery In The Love Of Gain.