Ideals are like the stars - you can't touch them with your hands, but by following them you reach your destination.

The past is behind, learn from it. The future is ahead, prepare for it. The present is here, live it.

If ingratitude be numbered among the serious sins, then gratitude takes its place among the noblest of virtues.

Men take care not to make women weep, for God counts their tears.

I acknowledge that I do not understand the processes of creation, but I accept the fact of it.

There is no more beautiful sight in all this world than to see a family praying together. There is real meaning behind the oft-quoted ‘The family that prays together stays together.

When faith replaces doubt, when selfless service eliminates selfish striving, the power of God brings to pass His purposes.

Perhaps the surest test of an individual's integrity is his refusal to do or say anything that would damage his self-respect.

Wonderful, glorious things are in store for you if you will only believe, obey, and endure.

If you want to give light to others you have to glow yourself.

There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save

From inanimate object, to microorganism, to plant, to insect, to animal, to human, there is an evolving level of intelligence.

It would be really wonderful if people connected to the loneliness of what it means to be a human being in the world today.

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

My goal is to have that be a haven for families.

Television in the last few years has been where all the great writers are going. TV now is what indie film used to be.

Over the course of many encounters and many years, I have successfully developed a standard operating procedure for dealing with big, nasty monsters. Run away.

We can have democracy in this country, or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both.

We think we do so much for the poor, but it is they who make us rich

Whatever our destiny is, whatever our Karma is, if we simply accept the mercy of Guru, "Guru Kripa", it can completely liberate us from all of our previous Karmic bondage.

We're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on your own.