What seems new is only new to us.

To find joy in work is to discover the fountain of youth.

To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

Chinese are wise in comprehending without many words what is inevitable and inescapable and therefore only to be borne.

In our changing world nothing changes more than geography.

Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same, and most mothers kiss and scold together.

Exclusion is always dangerous. Inclusion is the only safety if we are to have a peaceful world.

All in all, Vermont is a jewel state, small but precious.

Love cannot be forced, love cannot be coaxed and teased. It comes out of heaven, unasked and unsought.

The test of a civilization is in the way that it cares for its helpless members

Hunger makes a thief of any man.

Simplest explanation usually the right one

I prefer to make up my own quotes and attribute them to very smart people, so that I can use them to win arguments

"How" is what kills vision and dreams. Don't ask "How" until we figure out the "What". The "How" can kill the "What".

I feel very privileged indeed to be appointed to be the next Chief Rabbi.

A bad ending follows a bad beginning.

Discovering the truth about ourselves is a lifetime’s work, but it’s worth the effort.

However, if the religions in essence merely repeat statements from the United Nations Human Rights Declaration, such a Declaration becomes superfluous; an ethic is more than rights.

Very few of the early Italian humanists were really humane.

Whatever happens in your life, joyful or painful, do not be swept away by reactivity. Be patient with yourself and don't lose your sense of perspective.

Inner silence is not just the absence of thoughts. No! Silence is the blossoming of our indomitable inner will. Silence is our inner wisdom-light.