Jealousy is a useless, time-wasting emotion that's eating me alive.

It's a different way of looking at the world. Your life isn't about rights. It's about responsibilities."--Mr Bill Berkowitz

Very few people changed the world by sitting on their couch.

It's hard to be in a bad mood when you're walking around looking like you're about to play the semifinals at Wimbledon.

This is what the Sabbath should feel like. A pause. Not just a minor pause, but a major pause. Not just lowering the volume, but a muting. As the famous rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel put it, the Sabbath is a sanctuary in time.

In trying to avoid one sin I've committed another.

When I went to Israel, it was a little disorienting, because there are so many people who look crazy and were dressed like me. There, I was just one of the apocalyptic crowd.