Every weakness contains within itself a strength.

True religion should be able to respond to the dark melodies, the faulty and hideous sounds that echo from the heart of men.

I don't want to die in darkness any thicker than this. I want to bring some kind of resolution in my life.

I did pray. I kept on Praying. But prayer did nothing to alleviate their suffering.

The reason why darkness terrifying for us, he reflected, is that there remains in us the instinctive fear the primitive man had when there was as yet no light.

A man who wields a pen has to be accountable to society.

The seeds of salvation are buried in every act of evil.

Behind the depressing silence of the sea, the silence of God …. the feeling that while men raise their voices in anguish God remains with folded arms, silent.

Lord, why are you silent? Why are you always silent...?

To be a saint or a man of too good a nature in today's pragmatic world, with everyone out to get the other fellow, was equivalent to being a fool, wasn't it?

The earth is not just for the clever and the strong.

Being political doesn’t only or principally mean caring what party wins the next election

It is a must to excel in our work.

Life was a revolving mystery, sometimes terrifying, sometimes maddening. But always provocative. Interesting. And although its meaning seemed beyond my grasp, it never seemed meaningless.

Always write as if you will never have the blessed chance to write again, so this has to be the best thing you've ever done. Do that, and it will be.

Scientific truth is marvelous, but moral truth is divine and whoever breathes its air and walks by its light has found the lost paradise.

You will not become a saint through other people's sins.

I don't wear glasses, so I like the idea of not having to put them on to watch a movie. It's a hard barrier to get beyond.

It made me gladsome to be getting some education, it being like a big window opening.

God is able to accomplish, provide, help, save, keep, subdue... He is able to do what you can't. He already has a plan. God's not bewildered. Go to Him.

Not all Modern Orthodox Jews, at the present juncture, identify with what the Israeli government does. In Israel many religious Zionists strongly oppose the government because of the disengagement.