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" The meaning of the universe lies outside the universe. "
Jonathan Sacks
Outside
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" The royals - all of them, especially Prince Philip and Prince Charles - have done outstanding work with the faith communities. "
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" God's forgiveness allows us to be honest with ourselves. We recognize our imperfections, admit our failures, and plead to God for clemency. "
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" We from every religion feel comfortable in Britain because there is a host. The Church of England is a good host, it has been a major force in shaping England into such a tolerant society. "
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" When we love and make loving commitments, we create families and communities within which people can grow and take risks, knowing that hands will be there to catch them should they fall. "
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" With wealth comes responsibility. "
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" Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom. "
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" Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver. "
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" Follow your passion. Nothing - not wealth, success, accolades or fame - is worth spending a lifetime doing things you don't enjoy. "
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" Since Hiroshima and the Holocaust, science no longer holds its pristine place as the highest moral authority. Instead, that role is taken by human rights. It follows that any assault on Jewish life - on Jews or Judaism or the Jewish state - must be cast in the language of human rights. "
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" Which European leader today would not relish the wonder-working powers of a Moses? Budget deficit? Unpopular cuts? How about just a little miracle, an overnight increase in gold reserves, a new oil field, or the next world-changing communications technology? Surely that's not too much to ask. "
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" The evidence shows that religious people - defined by regular attendance at a place of worship - actually do make better neighbors. "
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" In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride. "
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" God is back and Europe as a whole still doesn't get it. It is our biggest single collective cultural and intellectual blind spot. "
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Intellectual
" Governments cannot make marriages or turn feckless individuals into responsible citizens. That needs another kind of change agent. "
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Cannot
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" Science will explain how but not why. It talks about what is, not what ought to be. Science is descriptive, not prescriptive; it can tell us about causes but it cannot tell us about purposes. Indeed, science disavows purposes. "
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" I see in the rising crescendo of ethnic tensions, civilization clashes and the use of religious justification for acts of terror, a clear and present danger to humanity. "
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" While we can remember the past, we cannot write the future. Only our children, the future of our community, can do that. "
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" Islamophobia is a complex phenomenon. "
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" The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game. "
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Today
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" Freedom is not won by merely overthrowing a tyrannical ruler or an oppressive regime. That is usually only the prelude to a new tyranny, a new oppression. "
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" The market economy is deeply congruent with the values set out in the Hebrew Bible. Material prosperity is a divine blessing. Poverty crushes the spirit as well as the body, and its alleviation is a sacred task. Work is a noble calling. "
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" Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals. "
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" As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders. "
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" There's always hope. You can lose everything else in the world, but Jews never lose hope. "
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" A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not. "
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" The universe is more than mere matter in motion. It and we were brought into being by a Creator who seeks our good. "
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" A survey carried out across the U.S. between 2004 and 2006 showed that frequent church- or synagogue-goers are more likely to give money to charity. "
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" Religion is the best antidote to the individualism of the consumer age. The idea that society can do without it flies in the face of history and, now, evolutionary biology. "
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" The Hebrew Bible contains multiple provisions to ensure that no one would go hungry. The corners of the field, forgotten sheaves of grain, gleanings that drop from the hands of the gleaner, and small clusters of grapes left on the vine were to be given to the poor. "
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