Focus on the mind and the soul. Read. Study. Enrol in a course of lectures. Pray. Become a member of a religious congregation. Study the Bible or other ancient works of wisdom.

Freedom begins with what we teach our children. That is why Jews became a people whose passion is education, whose heroes are teachers and whose citadels are schools.

The world we build tomorrow is born in the stories we tell our children today. Politics moves the pieces. Education changes the game.

Religion survives because it answers three questions that every reflective person must ask. Who am I? Why am I here? How then shall I live?

The faith religious believers have in God is small compared to the faith people put in politicians, knowing how many times they have been disappointed in the past but still insisting that this time it will be different.

As the political leaders of Europe meet to save the euro and European Union, so should religious leaders.

With wealth comes responsibility.