Love of all creatures is also love of God, for whoever loves the One God loves all the works He has made.
Judah Loew
Love of All Creatures
Topic: Love, Compassion, & Kindness
“Love of all creatures is also love of God, for whoever loves the One God loves all the works He has made. When one loves God, it is impossible not to love His creatures. The opposite is also true. If one hates the creatures, it is impossible to love God Who created them.”
Judah Loew (1525-1609)
Judaism
Nesivos Olam (Ahavas Harei)
Wilson, Andrew, editor. World Scripture II. Universal Peace Federation, 2011, p. 657 [Nesivos Olam, Ahavas Harei, 1].
Judah Loew
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Nesivos Olam, Ahavas Harei, 1
The Dalai Lama Quoting Judah Loew, the Maharal of Prague (1525-1609)
The word hasid derives, I am told, from the Hebrew hasad, which means “loving kindness,” “mercy,” or “love” in biblical usage, implying reciprocity of compassionate relations between man and God and man and man. So, according to a famous sage, Judah Loew, the Maharal of Prague (1525-1609):
“Love of all creatures is also love of God, for whoever loves the One God loves all the works He has made. When one loves God, it is impossible not to love His creatures. The opposite is also true. If one hates the creatures, it is impossible to love God Who created them.”
Inevitably in Judaism, the aims of merging with God and the imitation of God both imply the pursuit of compassion…
–The Dalai Lama [Toward A True Kinship of Faiths – How The World’s Religions Can Come Together] p. 103.