Proper praying is like a person who wanders through a field gathering flowers-one by one, until they make a beautiful bouquet. In the same manner, a person must gather each letter, each syllable, to form them into words of prayer.

Always remember, joy is not incidental to spiritual quest. It is vital.

The Torah itself becomes coarse in the mouth of a man of pride.

Toothaches afflict those who have no compassion for animals.

The essence of peace is to merge two opposites. Therefore your notions should not scare you if you see another, who absolutely opposes you, and you presume that there is no chance for peace between you two. On the same token when you see two individuals who are exactly two opposites, never say it would be impossible for them to reconcile. On the contrary, and this is the perfection of peace to make it between two opposites.

Before reciting his prayers, a man should give to charity.

To revive a man is no slight thing.