Jonathan Sacks Quotes

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

We owe to man higher succors than food and fire. We owe to man, man.

It is now possible to live a "christian life" without doing the things that Jesus commanded us to do. We have hired people to go into all the world, to visit those in prison, to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to care for widows and orphans. The average Christian doesn't have to do it.

True patriots believe that we should measure a citizen's worth by contribution to country and community, not by wealth or power-that those whom America has benefited most should contribute in proportion to their good fortune-and that serving others should be esteemed more highly than serving self.

That larger vision is certain to make clear the value in our own lives of service to others.

As a radio personality, I'm a public servant, we all should be public servants in some way shape or form. I feel like my soul purpose is to be of service to others.

Giving kids clothes and food is one thing, but it's much more important to teach them that other people besides themselves are important and that the best thing they can do with their lives is to use them in the service of other people.

We need more Christians who take their place alongside believing and unbelieving neighbors in the daily gift exchange

When I see the poor in India, it reminds me of the work that I have to do for them.

Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God.

There's no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.

Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.

The challenge for each one of you is to take up these ideals of tolerance and respect for others and put them to practical use in your schools, your communities and throughout your lives.

It is not enough merely to exist. It's not enough to say, "I'm earning enough to support my family. I do my work well. I'm a good father, husband, churchgoer." That's all very well. But you must do something more. Seek always to do some good, somewhere. Every man has to seek in his own way to realize his true worth. You must give some time to your fellow man. Even if it's a little thing, do something for those who need help, something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it. For remember, you don't live in a world all your own. Your brothers are here too.

It is our first duty to serve society.

We must never ignore or pass by the prompting of the Spirit to render service to one another.

I believe that life is valuable, even when it is unwanted, even when it is physically imperfect. I believe our society has a responsibility to defend the vulnerable and the weak. And I believe our nation should set a goal that unborn children should be welcomed in life and protected in law.

A samagra gramsevak must know everybody living in the village and render them such service as he possibly can.

Science and education, when devoid of a social conscience or environmental and human concern, are meaningless.

In this hope, among the things we teach to the young are such truths as the transcendent value of the individual and the dignity of all people, the futility and stupidity of war, its destructiveness of life and its degradation of human values.

…it is so much better to work for others than for one's self alone.

A community is only a community when the majority of its members are making the transition from 'the community for myself' to 'myself for the community'.

I believe everyone who breathes air on this earth, regardless of their job or their bank account, must give back more than just carbon dioxide.

We need more than new policies. We need a new worldview, and a new bottom line. We need to replace economic values as our ordering principle, with humanitarian values as our ordering principle.

If they [companies] believe they are in business to serve people, to help solve problems, to use and employ the ingenuity of their workers to improve the lives of people around them by learning from the nature that gives us life, we have a chance.