Solitude is a necessary protest to the incursions and the false alarms of society's hysteria, a period of cure and recovery.

The tragedy of religion is partly due to its isolation from life, as if God could be segregated.

In a controversy, the instant we feel anger, we have already ceased striving for truth and have begun striving for ourselves.

Remember that there is meaning beyond absurdity. Know that every deed counts, that every word is power...Above all, remember that you must build your life as if it were a work of art.

You must build your life as if it were a work of art.

Just to be is a blessing. Just to live is holy.

This is one of the goals of the Jewish way of living: to experience commonplace deeds as spiritual adventures, to feel the hidden love and wisdom in all things.