I think a lot of Jews make Israel the centerpiece of their Judaism. It becomes the centerpiece of their Jewish existence and of their faith. I have always felt that that's not for me.
Living to create an earthly legacy is a short-sighted goal.
Life is comic or pitiful as soon as the high ends of being fade out of sight, and man becomes near-sighted, and can only attend towhat addresses the senses.
Preparation for becoming attentive to Christianity does not consist in reading many books ... but in fuller immersion in existence.
It's not so much what do I want to be doing in 15 years, it's how I want to be in 15 years.
I find its attention to living this life rather than the next one exhilarating because I think even independently of Judaism that that's the right way to go about life.
The why of why we are here is an intrigue for adolescents; the how is what must command the living.
I had made myself the center of my own existence and had my back turned to God.
For the world slows and the stars falter, and all that remains is you.
