Since we cannot change reality, let us change the eyes which see reality.

Before me is the abyss. How can I leap across it? And if I do not leap, how shall I ever be able to reach God?

My principle anguish and the source of all my joys and sorrows from my youth onward has been the incessant, merciless battle between the spirit and the flesh.

My entire soul is a cry, and all my work is a commentary on that cry.

The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.

If a woman sleeps alone it puts a shame on all men. God has a very big heart, but there is one sin He will not forgive. If a woman calls a man to her bed and he will not go.

The ultimate, most holy form of theory is action.