"True meaning of life is revealed in the deed .."

To Judaism, the true meaning of life is revealed in the deed. Here, even more distinctly and profoundly than in early Christianity; what matters is not what is being done, but the fact that every act is filled with sanctity–that is, with God-oriented intent–is a road to the heart of the world. There is nothing that is evil in itself, every passion can become a virtue, every inclination a ‘vehicle of God’. It is not the matter of the act that is decisive, but its sanctification. Every act is halowed if it is directed towards salvation. The soul of the doer alone determines the the character of the deed. With this, the deed does in truth become the life centre of religiosity. — M.Buber, On Judaism, 48