“The riches of the soul are stored up in its memory. this is the test of character, not whether a man follows the daily fashion, but whether the past is alive in his present.”
"The Holy Dimension", p. 333
Moral Grandeur and Spiritual Audacity: Essays (1997)
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Polish-American Conservative Judaism Rabbi 1907–1972Related quotes
“Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.”
Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Variant: This is a test to see if your mission in this life is complete, if you are alive, it isn't.
Source: The Bridge Across Forever: A True Love Story
“Here is a test to find out whether your mission in life is complete. If you’re alive, it isn’t.”
Lauren Bacall (1924–2014) American actress, model
Mark Clifton book They'd Rather Be Right
Source: They'd Rather Be Right (1954), p. 48.
John Austin (legal philosopher) (1790–1859) legal philosopher
Variant:
The existence of law is one thing; its merit or demerit is another. Whether it be or be not is one enquiry; whether it be or be not conformable to an assumed standard, is a different enquiry. A law, which actually exists, is a law, though we happen to dislike it, or though it vary from the text, by which we regulate our approbation and disapprobation.
John Austin, Austin Lectures on Jurisprudence; or The Philosophy of Positive Law, 1873, Lecture V
Source: The Province of Jurisprudence Determined (1832), p. 278
“Man must choose whether to be rich in things or in the freedom to use them.”
Ivan Illich (1926–2002) austrian philosopher and theologist
