In Judaism faith means wrestling with God as Jacob once wrestled with an angel.

Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.

In our interconnected world, we must learn to feel enlarged, not threatened, by difference - that is what I have argued.

Make space in your life for the things that matter, for family and friends, love and generosity, fun and joy. Without this, you will burn out in mid-career and wonder where your life went.

No great achiever - even those who made it seem easy - ever succeeded without hard work.

When money rules, we remember the price of things and forget the value of things, and that is dangerous.

I believe faith is not certainty but the courage to live with uncertainty.

Science takes things apart to see how they work. Religion puts things together to see what they mean.

The supreme religious challenge is to see God’s image in one who is not in our image.

A society in which there are high levels of voluntary activity will simply be a better, happier place than one where there are not.

God has given us many faiths but only one world in which to co-exist. May your work help all of us to cherish our commonalities and feel enlarged by our differences.

Time itself is created through deeds of true kindness.

Gone. The saddest word in the language. In any language.

If you would be powerful pretend to be powerful.

Tantra won't work unless you've been trapped by spirituality. You have to be trapped by spirituality before you can be liberated from it.

I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock.

Every so often a book comes along that has the power to alter the course of history. Project Animal Farm is that potent.

Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life.

Then rose from sea to sky the wild farewell Then shriek'd the timid, and stood still the brave, Then some leap'd overboard with fearful yell, As eager to anticipate their grave.

Sondheim is the Shakespeare of the musical theater world.

Animals are happier than humans because they're like furry little existentialists, all living in the moment. Their collective motto: live fast, die young, and leave a good-looking pelt.