If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.

The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.

When you do a good turn you feel rich, even if you are broke.

I was not comfortable worshipping another Jew.

For a devotee or lover, the being, worshipped or loved, will always be the only one for her or him.

Old friends die on you, and they're irreplaceable. You become dependent.

For a Christian, Jesus is the unique and only way that God has fully revealed himself. For a Jew this cannot be.