It was admitted by the early rabbis that the sectarians could be as full of good works as eggs were full of meat.

My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.

In speaking of Jesus, I must speak about Christianity because I do not think it possible or profitable to divide the two.

On the way to work good-hearted young girls sometimes offer me their seats, which I accept and bless them in return, a transaction satisfying to all concerned.

If a dish doesn't turn out right, change the name and don't bat an eyelid. A fallen souffle is only a risen omelette. It depends on the self-confidence with which you present it.

I once asked God what I could give him. "Your problems," he said. "I've got everything else.

The secular world is more spiritual than it thinks, just as the ecclesiastical world is more materialist than it cares to acknowledge.

I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.

When you do a good turn you feel rich, even if you are broke.

Jews are just like everyone else, only more so.

I found that when I did something for the sake of heaven, heaven happened. These things changed my life. I owe them to my encounter with Christianity.

The only path wide enough for us all is love.

Relaxation is good, holidays are necessary, but there is nothing as rewarding and healthy as doing what you love and loving what you do. Our honest toil should inspire and satisfy us.

Do not allow hate to consume you. Live a life of love.

The forty days of the soul begin on the morning after death.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

Truth, like light, blinds. Falsehood, on the contrary, is a beautiful twilight that enhances every object.

Words are one thing, deeds are quite another.

You and your heart shouldn't feel so far apart

Why should every single character be an honor student who goes around helping others and never doing anything wrong? Is that like the rule or something?

I think Shambhala can be a very strong force as a social example of how you can try to live a life balanced in terms of both the spiritual and the secular.