Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.

Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.

Hope, even more than necessity, is the mother of invention.

We believe that what we possess we don't ultimately own. God is merely entrusting it to us. And one of the conditions of that trust is that we share what we have with those who have less. So, if you don't give to people in need, you can hardly call yourself a Jew. Even the most unbelieving Jew knows that.

Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.

When everything that matters can be bought and sold, when commitments can be broken because they are no longer to our advantage, when shopping becomes salvation and advertising slogans become our litany, when our worth is measured by how much we earn and spend, then the market is destroying the very virtues on which in the long run it depends.

Parenthood involves massive sacrifice: money, attention, time and emotional energy.