Emet / Truth
Quotes 3
posted Friday, 25 November 2005
Here are some beautiful quotes from Rav Kook. I cannot recall where I got them from, however I think they are probably from Rav Moshe Lichtman's translation of R' Simcha Raz's book "An Angel among men".
"I write not because I have the strength to write, but because I do not have the strength to remain silent"
"Whoever said that my soul is torn, spoke well. It is certainly torn. We cannot imagine a person whose soul is not torn. Only an inanimate object can be whole. A human being however is filled with conflicting aspirations, and an inner war rages within him continuously. Man's true mission to fuse the torn fragments of his soul by means of an all inclusive concepts, an idea whose magnitude and eminence encompasses everything else, bringing it to complete harmony"
"Just as poetry contains rules, so too, rules contain poetry"
If anyone knows the source for these quotes, or has any quotes from Rav Kook that they would like to share, please leave a message in the comments."Whoever said that my soul is torn, spoke well. It is certainly torn. We cannot imagine a person whose soul is not torn. Only an inanimate object can be whole. A human being however is filled with conflicting aspirations, and an inner war rages within him continuously. Man's true mission to fuse the torn fragments of his soul by means of an all inclusive concepts, an idea whose magnitude and eminence encompasses everything else, bringing it to complete harmony"
"Just as poetry contains rules, so too, rules contain poetry"
comments (3)
1. greg left...
Friday, 25 November 2005 7:31 am
shouldn't the first one read ""I write not because I have the strength to
write, but because I do NOT have the strength to remain silent"?
2. Rael Levinsohn left...
Friday, 25 November 2005 11:52 am :: http://www.emet.blog-city.com
Greg, you are right. The first line should read like that. Thank you for
bringing that to my attention.
3. pierre left...
Wednesday, 30 November 2005 12:54 am
Gellman's piece "illuminating faith" on the orot.com website I think gives
a source for the poetry/rules quote.