I think that really what our training, what our culture, our religious institutions, our educational and cultural institutions should be about is preparing the heart for that journey outside of the cage of the ribs.

If you don't become the ocean, you'll be seasick every day.

G-d is alive. Magic is afoot. G-d is afoot. Magic is alive.

This mental space is occupied and everything is mine.

When you're not feeling holy, your loneliness says that you've sinned.

It's not a cry you can hear at night. It's not somebody who has seen the light. It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah.

When things get really bad, just raise your glass and stamp your feet and do a little jig. That's about all you can do.