Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear rule over Nature.

Divine punishment is at once followed by Divine pity.

Everything in the Universe was as the Creator willed it - nothing superfluous, nothing lacking - a harmony.

Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.

Prayer is a universal phenomenon in the soul-life of man. It is the soul's reaction to the terrors and joys, the uncertainties and dreams of life.

When we come to the Babylonian Gemara, we are dealing with what most people understand when they speak or write of the Talmud. Its birthplace, Babylonia, was an autonomous Jewish centre for a longer period than any other land; namely, from soon after 586 before the Christian era to the year 1040 after the Christian era - 1626 years.

Men of all lands and climes are brothers.