The good will is all — and all the talents are ways to fulfill it.
Abraham Isaac Kook
Abraham Isaac Kook
The progress of dynamic
The progress of dynamic ideals will not be eternally blocked. Through general, moral and intellectual advancement… shall the latent aspiration of justice for the animal kingdom come out into the open, when the time is ripe.
Abraham Isaac Kook
The thought of a
The thought of a happiness that comes from outside the person, brings him sadness. But the recognition in the value of one’s will and the freedom granted by its uplifting, brings great joy.
Abraham Isaac Kook
A tiny remnant of
A tiny remnant of a big thing is better than a whole little thing.
Abraham Isaac Kook
We are great and
We are great and our faults are great and therefore our problems great and great are our consolations.
Abraham Isaac Kook
We forgot we have
We forgot we have Holy Body not less than our Holy Spirit.
Abraham Isaac Kook
Our generation is wonderful
Our generation is wonderful generation, full of wonder. It’s very hard to find an example of it in all our history. Composed of contradictions — light and darkness mixed.
Abraham Isaac Kook
The delight of the
The delight of the Torah is ignited by an inner awareness. A man begins to sense the great tapestry of each letter and point. Every concept and content, every notion and idea, of every spiritual movement, of every vibration, intellectual and emotional, from the immediate and general to the distant and detailed, from matters lofty, spiritual, and ethical according to their outward profile, to matters practical, obligatory, seemingly frightening, and forceful, and at the same time complex and full of content and great mental exertion – all together become known by a supernal holy awareness.
Abraham Isaac Kook
The desire to be
The desire to be good to all with no restrictions – not in the quantity of those to whom we are good nor in the quality of the good we perform – that is the inner nucleus of the essence of the soul of Israel.
Abraham Isaac Kook
Contemplate the wonders of
Contemplate the wonders of creation, the Divine dimension of their being, not as a dim configuration that is presented to you from a distance, but as the reality in which you live.
Abraham Isaac Kook