People are not evil; they are schlemiels.

Religion becomes a state of mind achievable in almost any activity of life, if this activity is raised to a suitable level of perfection.

...the great lesson is that the sacred is in the ordinary, that it is to be found in one's daily life, in one's neighbors, friends, and family, in one's backyard.

Be independent of the good opinion of other people.

Getting used to our blessings is one of the most important non-evil generators of human evil, tragedy and suffering.

If you treat your children at home in the same way you treat your animals in the lab, your wife will scratch your eyes out. My wife ferociously warned me against experimenting on her babies.

Dispassionate objectivity is itself a passion, for the real and for the truth.