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If you want a free society, teach your children what oppression tastes like. Tell them how many miracles it takes to get from here to there. Above all, encourage them to ask questions. Teach them to think for themselves.
Jonathan Sacks
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Jonathan Sacks
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: March 8
Died: 2020
Died: November 7
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Marriage, sanctified by the bond of fidelity, is the nearest life gets to a work of art.
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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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Why did God create mankind? Because God likes stories.
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Dreams are where we visit the many lands and landscapes of human possibility and discover the one where we feel at home. The great religious leaders were all dreamers.
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The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet.
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In her religious role, the Queen is head of the Church of England, but in her civic role she cares for all her subjects, and no one is better at making everyone she meets feel valued.
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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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Giving is what makes a nation great.
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The meaning of the universe lies outside the universe.
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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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Hope, even more than necessity, is the mother of invention.
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