What will people say-in these words lies the tyranny of the world, the whole destruction of our natural disposition, the oblique vision of our minds. These four words hold sway everywhere.

Judaism lives not in an abstract creed, but in its institutions.

To harbor hatred and animosity in the soul makes one irritable, gloomy, and prematurely old.

The vain being is the really solitary being.

If you sound great in the practice room, you're practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.

Gratitude is a soil on which joy thrives.