I gave up my music because I had received from it all I had to receive. To serve God one must sacrifice the dearest thing, and I sacrificed my music, the dearest thing to me.

Stand through life firm as a rock in the sea, undisturbed and unmoved by its ever-rising waves

Some people look for a beautiful place, others make a place beautiful.

Each human personality is like a piece of music, having an individual tone and a rhythm of its own.

Our virtues are made by love, and our sins are caused by the lack of it.

The words that enlighten the soul are more precious than jewels.

When we pay attention to nature's music, we find that everything on the Earth contributes to its harmony.

When I open my eyes to the outer world I feel myself as a drop in the sea. But when I close my eyes and look within, I see the whole universe as a bubble raised in the ocean of my heart.

Love is the merchandise which all the world demands; if you store it in your heart, every soul will become your customer.

Everything in life is speaking in spite of it's apparent silence.

God breaks the heart again and again and again until it stays open.

Which came first: the change-ready company or the change-ready employee?

I am the creator of my destiny.

I was always really geeky about design and buildings. Always into architecture as a kid.

I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him.

The world stands out on either side, No wider than the heart is wide.

If you read only one memoir by a disaffected, urban, 20-something Jewish girl this year, make it this one. Shukert rocks the lulav.

My little animal secrets must remain my little animal secrets. How I do my nails, that is really my business.

The hardest thing in the world to do is to think, and that is why people do so little of it.

I find that the dead-end route is to try to describe what's going on in your mouth.

Poetry must be human. If it is not human, it is not poetry.