Heschel calls the Sabbath a cathedral in time.

the day is all about getting connected.

The Sabbath, I said, is not only an idea. It is also something you keep. With other people. You can’t just extract lessons from it.

You know the old adage: give a woman a bag and she'll fill it for a day. Teach a woman to pack and she'll fill every damn bag she owns (or something of that ilk).

And he smote the Balrog upon the mountainside.

Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward.

If quitting smoking seems hard right now, it is exactly what you should start doing

Marriage entitles women to the protection of a strong man who will steady the stepladder while they paint the kitchen ceiling.

There's not an American in this country free until every one of us is free.

Any cause that requires mockery and abuse to advance itself isn't one I need to engage with, regardless of my basic beliefs or agreement with the underlying goals.

Classism and greed are making insignificant all the other kinds of isms.

Her life was monotonous, but it kept her out of trouble. . . . This, her father would say, was called being an adult.

Always remember that you are bigger than the moment, you are more than anything that could ever happen to you.