22 Quotes by Jacob Needleman

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

The struggle to exist, to not disappear in this moment, is the advancing root of the struggle to exist throughout the whole passage of time. We need to help each other in this struggle. You by asking, I by struggling to respond. This is the law of love, which rules the universe.

Death is the great equalizer. I’ve seen that phenomenon many times. I’ve had people in my classes come to me, men and women over 50 years old, and they say, “I made it, I’m rich. But what the hell is my life for?”

Faith cannot be shaken, it is the result of being shaken.

The problem of money dogs our steps throughout the whole of our lives, exerting a pressure that, in its way, is as powerful and insistent as any other problem of human existence. And it haunts the spiritual search as well.

If the group is an art form of the future, then convening groups is an artistry we must cultivate to fully harvest the promise of the future.

Money is like a mirror to our culture. What we see tells us who we are.

We are born for meaning, not pleasure, unless it is pleasure that is steeped in meaning.

Frederick Franck is one of a rare and precious breed – an authentic troubadour whose lyricism is pure in word and image. He quietly roams our materialistic world and shows us that even here, even now, there is hope for our soul.