The Holocaust survivors are among the most inspiring people I have had the privilege to meet.

Religiosity turns out to be the best indicator of civic involvement: it's more accurate than education, age, income, gender or race.

The meaning of the universe lies outside the universe.

Find people not to envy but to admire. Do not the profitable but the admirable deed. Live by ideals.

To defend a country, you need an army, but to defend a civilization, you need education...

We need to rediscover the idea of the common good and work together to build a home.

We know – it has been measured in many experiments – that children with strong impulse control grow to be better adjusted, more dependable, achieve higher grades in school and college and have more success in their careers than others. Success depends on the ability to delay gratification, which is precisely what a consumerist culture undermines. At every stage, the emphasis is on the instant gratification of instinct. In the words of the pop group Queen, “I want it all and I want it now.” A whole culture is being infantilised.