Everything is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is granted.

The paper burns, but the words fly away.

Like a twisted olive tree in its 500th year, giving then its finest fruit, is man. How can he give forth wisdom until he has been crushed and turned in the Hand of God.

In the beginning, sin is like a thread of a spider's web. But in the end, it becomes like the cable of a ship.

He who remains unmarried impairs the divine image.

A fence to wisdom is silence.

Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God. Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of God. Beloved are Israel, for unto them was given the desirable Torah

Before you taste anything, recite a blessing.

Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God.

Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of the All-present.

Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.

If Shane had learned one thing, it was to never tamper with a firecracker during an explosion. That stood double when applied to women – especially when you were the idiot who’d lit the fuse.

You shouldn't be eating anything that takes six minutes to microwave.

I always liked film as a teaching tool - a way of getting exposed to ideas that had never been presented to me. It just wasn't on the list of career options where I grew up.

All real democracy is an attempt like that of a jolly hostess to bring the shy people out.

There is nothing more painful than walking around with bitterness in your heart.

It is easy enough to say that poverty is no crime. No; if it were men wouldn't be ashamed of it. It is a blunder, though, and is punished as such. A poor man is despised the whole world over.

There are real indignities and real problems when all facets of life are controlled –when to get up, to eat, to shower-and chemicals are put inside our bodies against our will.

I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.

One aspect of neighbourly love is that we must not merely will our neighbours good, but actually work to bring it about.

I love seeing the people that I have worked with reach new career heights.