Children need parents who will let them grow up to be themselves, but parents often have personal agendas they try to impose on their children.
Harold S. KushnerThe small choices and decisions we make a hundred times a day add up to determining the kind of world we live in.
Harold S. KushnerWhen I talk to people who feel this emptiness and lack of fulfillment, I recommend they find a source of balance in their lives. I suggest they find a way to "give back" to the world in order to feel a sense of completeness.
Harold S. KushnerPeople are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.
Harold S. KushnerGod does not cause our misfortunes. Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply an inevitable consequence of our being human and being mortal. living in a world of inflexible natural laws. The painful things that happen to us are not punishments for our misbehavior, nor are they in any way part of some grand design on God's part. Because the tragedy is not God's will, we need not feel hurt or betrayed by God when tragedy strikes. We can turn to Him for help in overcoming it, precisely because we can tell ourselves that God is as outraged by it as we are.
Harold S. Kushner