The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.

I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale.

I am commanded therefore I am.

The task of life is to face sacred moments.

Self-sufficiency, independence, the capacity to stand apart, to differ, to resist, and to defy-all are modes of being human.

feel in the rush of the passing the stillness of the eternal

He who is satisfied has never truly craved, and he who craves for the light of God neglects his ease for ardor.