When a mentally retarded child is born, the religious question we often ask is, "Why does God let this happen?" The better question to pose is to ask, "What kind of community should we be so that mental retardation isn't a barrier to the enjoyment of one's full humanity?"

When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative.

No good deed ever goes wasted.

Good people will do good things, lots of them, because they are good people. They will do bad things because they are human.

God is like a mirror. The mirror never changes, but everybody who looks at it sees something different.

Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.

There are some things we should feel guilty about, but the guilt feelings should attach to the deed, not to the doer.