The commandment to honor parents was given to ensure that the elderly, although they may not feel wanted by family or society, are still given their appropriate reward.

It takes courage to have a conscience when you seem to see others getting something tangible out of not bothering to struggle with the morality of a situation. It gets frustrating and demoralizing. This is precisely where character comes in. All throughout history special people have felt compelled to do what they objectively saw as right and good - even in the face of humiliation or rejection or expulsion or torture or death. That is because they believed that certain ideas were more important than individual well-being.

Losing a child is probably the singular most horrible thing.

People are like nations-if you help them a lot, they hate you.

There is no movement without our own resistance.

The meaning of your life comes through your obligations to others.

If you're a liberal, anything you say is protected. If you're a conservative, anything you say is hateful.