Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.

Sabbath rest is more than mere abstention from physical work; and, therefore, must include worship and Scripture-reading.

Judaism stands or falls with its belief in the historic actuality of the revelation at Sinai.

In spite of the pangs of travail, the longing for motherhood remains the most powerful instinct in woman.

Prayer is a universal phenomenon in the soul-life of man. It is the soul's reaction to the terrors and joys, the uncertainties and dreams of life.

A wife is not a man's shadow or subordinate, but his other self, his "helper," in a sense which no other creature on earth can be.

Divine punishment is at once followed by Divine pity.

Because man is endowed with Reason, he can subdue his impulses in the service of moral and religious ideals, and is born to bear rule over Nature.

Man must be a co-worker with God in making this earth a garden.

Everything in the Universe was as the Creator willed it - nothing superfluous, nothing lacking - a harmony.

Not indolence but congenial work is man's Divinely allotted portion.

It’s just so strange.You used to love me, and now you’re a strangerwho happens to know allof my secrets.

You know, Jacob, if it weren’t for the fact that we’re natural enemies and that you’re also trying to steal away the reason for my existence, I might actually like you.

I think it's so wrong to play the victim. There's too many brave women out there that just won't even tolerate it, you know?

Baseball is a rookie, his experience no bigger than the lump in his throat as he begins fulfillment of his dream.

I no longer know If I wish to drown myself in love, vodka or the sea.

The art of reading is the art of adopting the pace the author has set. Some books are fast and some are slow, but no book can be understood if it is taken at the wrong speed.

Learning, without any opportunities to share what we've learned, is a little like cooking for ourselves; we do it, but we probably won't do it as well.

The minute you become a leader of a country, you go into a very small club. You join that sort of pantheon of other world leaders.

We respond to healing grace by giving it away.

Learn to be silent. Let your quiet mind listen and absorb.