I need Christ, not something that resembles Him.

No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear.

Praise is the mode of love which always has some element of joy in it.

Grief is like a long valley, a winding valley where any bend may reveal a totally new landscape.

What do people mean when they say, 'I am not afraid of God because I know He is good'? Have they never even been to a dentist?

The death of a beloved is an amputation.

My idea of God is not a divine idea. It has to be shattered time after time. He shatters it Himself.

Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.

Oh God, God, why did you take such trouble to force this creature out of its shell if it is now doomed to crawl back -- to be sucked back -- into it?

And there’s also ‘To him that hath shall be given.’ After all, you must have a capacity to receive, or even omnipotence can’t give. Perhaps your own passion temporarily destroys the capacity.

I sometimes think that shame, mere awkward, senseless shame, does as much towards preventing good acts and straightforward happiness as any of our vices can do.

You want me to be truthful.. for your convenience.. but in turn.. you consider to be mendacious for your own convenience.. !! Gr8..!!

The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.

Hope Thrives When Prayer Strives.

The bravest thing that men do is love women.

Whatever it is that makes you the person you are - that's what I love. All of it.

Have you ever met a war you didn't love? I’m asking, is there any place you don’t want to intervene in?

Aristrocracy is like cheese. The older it is the higher it becomes.

The Jewish community is all about love and family, which is the most important thing in my life, too.

Cheerfulness has a directly beneficial influence upon health.

Sometimes there's just no way to hold back the river.