While it is good that we seek to know the Holy One, it is probably not so good to presume that we ever complete the task.
There is far more spiritual potential within than most people realize. The potential is so great that to define it in words would be impossible.
The new crimes that the US and Israel were committing in Gaza as 2009 opened do not fit easily into any standard category—except for the category of familiarity.
Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.
Our planet is not fragile at its own timescale and we, pitiful latecomers in the last microsecond of our planetary year, are stewards of nothing in the long run.
Might it be possible at some future time, when neurophysiology has advanced substantially, to reconstruct the memories or insight of someone long dead?...It would be the ultimate breach of privacy.
Every moment is utterly unique and will not be continued in eternity. This fact gives life its poignancy and should concentrate your attention on what you are experiencing now.
One great thing about growing old is that nothing is going to lead to anything. Everything is of the moment.
I couldn't imagine that I'd ever fall in love again like I had with Gideon. For better or worse, he was my soulmate. The other half of me. In many ways, he was my reflection.
Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.
Now I had won the gold medal. But it didn't mean anything, because I didn't have the right color skin.
When loneliness is a constant state of being, it harkens back to a childhood wherein neglect and abandonment were the landscape of life.
Find the pitch and pace and syllables and words you love to hear. Delight your own senses, and self-romance.
Maybe the devil in human beings isn't the reflection of the devil, perhaps the devil is only a reflection of the savagery and brutality of our kind. Maybe what we've done is create the devil in our own image
Maybe this is why we read, and why in moments of darkness we return to books: to find words for what we already know.
The Kantian imperative to have the courage to think for oneself has involved a contemptuous disregard for the resources of tradition and an infantile view of authority as inherently oppressive.
[A] great deal of what we believe we do not know firsthand; instead we have faith in the knowledge of specialists.
Get out of your own way… stop the paralysis by analysis… decide what you want, create a simple plan, and get moving!
Intent not followed by action is an insult to your design. Decide what you want, create a plan, and get your ass out there!
Not matter what your sacred or religious book is, it's not how well you know the book, it's how well you're in alignment with the author.
Free yourself from the need to blame others. There are two reasons that you are where you are right now; action or inaction.
