Sometimes we wish the world could cry and tell us about that which made it pregnant with fear-filling grandeur. Sometimes we wish our own heart would speak of that which made it heavy with wonder.

Prayer cannot bring water to parched fields, or mend a broken bridge, or rebuild a ruined city; but prayer can water an arid soul, mend a broken heart, and rebuild a weakened will.

Only those will apprehend religion who can probe its depth, who can combine intuition and love with the rigor of method

Never once in my life did I ask God for success or wisdom or power or fame. I asked for wonder, and he gave it to me.

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 higher goal of spiritual living is not to amass a wealth of information, but to face sacred moments.

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