Rabbi Abraham Jacob Friedman of Sadgora (1820 - 1883) was the second son and successor of the hasidic rebbe Israel of Rushyn who described him as a "pillar Torah and wisdom." Rabbi Abraham Jacob believed that God should be worshipped with beauty and splendor because the spirit of gladness, nobility and honor lay therein. Accordingly, he lived in a Moorish style palace and conducted himself in majestic fashion. He was active in easing the pressures that the Czars put on Russian Jewry in his day, and was also involved in some of the early proto-zionist endeavors to resettle Jews in Palestine. His teachings are collected in Irin Kadishin, Emet LeYaakov, and Bet HaHayyim


            The Rabbi of Sadgora once said to his Hasidim, "We can learn something from everything, and not only everything God has created. What man has made also has something to teach us."
            "What can we learn from a train?" one Hasid asked.
            "That because of one second a person can miss everything."
            "And from the telegraph?"
            "That every word is counted and charged."
            "And the telephone?"
            "That what we say here is heard there."

                                                  Saying of the Hasidic Rabbi
                                                      Abraham Jacob of Sadgora (1819-1883)

http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/quote/archive/082399.shtml