The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?

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.

The man who has not suffered - what does he know anyway?

The road to the sacred leads through the secular.

There are few ideas in the world of thought which contain so much spiritual power as the idea of the Sabbath. Aeons hence, when of many of our cherished theories only shreds will remain, that cosmic tapestry will continue to shine.

Prayer begins where our power ends.

Forfeit your sense of awe, let your conceit diminish your ability to revere, and the universe becomes a market place for you.