Slaughter and justice cannot dwell together.

The genuine writer cannot ignore the fact that the family is losing its spiritual foundation.

One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality.

If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet... [at least for your own situation. Blind optimism is just as foolish. The solution is a rigorously balanced, rational outlook.]

Life is God's novel. Let him write it.

Shoulders are from God and burdens too.

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.