My father is sure that Israel keeps the Holocaust from happening again. I worry that it might hasten its recurrence.

If you focus all of your emotional passion on your children and you neglect the relationship that brought that family into existence... eventually, things can go really, really wrong.

Courage is impulsive; it is narcissism tempered with nihilism.

One of the darkest, deepest shames so many of us mothers feel nowadays is our fear that we are Bad Mothers, that we are failing our children and falling far short of our own ideals.

If a good mother is one who loves her child more than anyone else in the world, I am not a good mother. I am in fact a bad mother. I love my husband more than I love my children.

Roaring like a tiger turns some children into pianists who debut at Carnegie Hall but only crushes others. Coddling gives some the excuse to fail and others the chance to succeed.

You can take the babushka off the Jewish mother and dress her up in a pair of Seven jeans and Marc Jacobs sling-backs, but she's still going to expect a passel of grandkids.

In a perfect world I think we would microdose with LSD instead of giving teenagers Adderall. But I'd like to see it studied first.

For a couple of months there I was shrieking like a banshee.

Why is it that loving something provides such little protection from betrayal?

Let's all commit ourselves to the basic civility of minding our own business. Failing that, let's go back to a time when we were nasty and judgmental, but only behind one another's backs.

In moments of prayer, people tend to pose as a critic and point out percieved flaws in God's art.

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

If you're scared, do something.

A man is wise not because of his intelligence, but because of his understanding and kindness.

An almost hysterical antagonism toward the gold standard is one issue which unites statists of all persuasions. They seem to sense... that gold and economic freedom are inseparable.

When we will think deeply, then we will realize that enjoyment is short lasting and reality of it is suffering.

The garden has taught me to live, to appreciate the times when things are fallow and when they're not.

The first trillionaire can be made in space.

Always love your country - but never trust your government!

Those carrying a credit card balance should scale back to making the minimum payment each month so they have more money to put into savings.