“The Supreme Ethical Rule: Act So As To Elicit the Best In Others and Thereby In Thy Self.”

— Felix Adler, An Ethical Philosophy of Life (1918), Book III, Ch. 7

About Felix Adler

1851 – 1933

German-born American educator, founder of the Ethical Culture movement.

“Love is the expansion of two natures in such fashion that each includes the other, each is enriched by the other.”

“The condition of all progress is experience. We go wrong a thousand times before we find the right path.”

“The rudder of our ship has ceased to move obedient to the helm.”

“A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all—that is myself.”

“You would not think any duty small, If you yourself were great.”

“If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.”

“It was for this that I've been training myself, it was for this that I was practising.”

“For freedom is not acquired by satisfying yourself with what you desire, but by destroying your desire.”

“Ask yourself at every moment, "Is this necessary?"”