We find God not only in holy or familiar places but also in the midst of a journey, alone at night.

It is a matter of hearing and heeding the voice of God in the depths of the soul.

Humility means that you are secure enough not to need to be reassured by others. It means that you don’t feel you have to prove yourself by showing that you are cleverer, smarter, more gifted or successful than others. You are secure because you live in God’s love. He has faith in you even if you do not. You do not need to compare yourself to other

Where people give voluntarily to one another and to holy causes, that is where the Divine Presence rests.

knowing also that God is with us, giving us strength if we align our will with His. Faith is not certainty, but the courage to live with uncertainty.

Lose the concept of sacrifice within a society, and sooner or later marriage falters, parenthood declines, and the society slowly ages and dies. My

The mental shift this involved came to be known, especially in cognitive behavioural therapy, as reframing. Just as a painting can look different when placed in a different frame, so can a life.

Words create moral obligations, and moral obligations, undertaken responsibly and honoured faithfully, create the possibility of a free society. So – always do what you say you are going to do. If we fail to keep our word, eventually we will lose our freedom.

the nishma – listening, hearing, heeding, responding – that is the key religious act. Thus Judaism is not only a religion of doing and speaking; it is also a religion of listening. Faith is the ability to hear the music beneath the noise.