Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism tu…

Jonathan Sacks
92 citations
Religion creates community, community creates altruism and altruism turns us away from self and towards the common good... There is something about the tenor of relationships within a religious community that makes it the best tutorial in citizenship and good neighborliness. ✨ Rowan Williams: no one voted for coalition policies by Patrick Wintour, www.theguardian.com. June 8, 2011.
Time
32

More Author Quotes

Freedom... leads those who have more than they need to share with those who have less
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, is the holy of holies of Jewish time. It is that rarest of phenomena, a Jewish festival without food. Instead it is a day of fasting and prayer, introspection and se … ▶
God is back and Europe as a whole still doesn't get it. It is our biggest single collective cultural and intellectual blind spot. ✨ Falling birth rate is killing Europe, says chief rabbi Jonathan Sac … ▶
In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.
The royals - all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles - have done outstanding work with the faith communities. ✨ The Queen’s Multi-faith Society by Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks, www.h … ▶

More Author Quotes

Most Cited Authors

The Best Quotes

Most Liked Authors

Curated Author Quotes