Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.

If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

You must never tire fighting Satan.

If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.

Character is the real you-“the you in you that makes you the you, you are”. “the hidden man of the heart

I have been in control of what Ive been doing, of the career Ive put together.

We practice to learn how to let go, not how to increase our holding on to things. Enlightenment appears when you stop wanting anything.

Volunteers are caring friends

You have got to trust the signs. Everything will turn out fine

I became a filmmaker because I wanted to deal with issues that intrigued me, that I thought were pertinent, that would start dialogue.

Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words.

The last thing I want to do is pastor a church Jesus ain't at.

I - do I believe in evolution? I embrace the view that God created the heavens and the earth, the seas and all that's in them.

Anger is very difficult for me to express. I have a tremendous amount of anger but I like to save it . . . for my loved ones.