None of us has the power to make someone else love us. But we all have the power to give away love, to love other people. And if we do so, we change the kind of world we live in.

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.

There is a Jewish notion that holiness is found with other people. To understand what life really is, one has to share it.

Fun can be the dessert of our lives but never its main course.

If we put our soul into our work, if, rather than just going through the motions, what we do flows from the deepest part of our being, then after a burst of creativity, we need to replenish our souls.

One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have is to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.

God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of the darkness because darkness will always yield to light. As theologian David Griffin puts in, God is all-powerful, His power enables people to deal with events beyond their control and He gives us the strength to do those things because He is with us.