Extraordinary spiritual attainment recognizes the sacred
inter-twined with the worldly and his attempts to disentangle
the two takes into account the person entangled


Those human purists who cannot see the angelic within
the sinful, are not as pure as they think


Which is the greater sin: the mistaken act of the truly repentant, or the unmerciful judgment


Most legal systems are designed to mete out justice, but in actual
practice that is exactly what they do not do


In whose house are we most likely to go, and in which we
feel the most welcome: The familial house of the returned
prodigal son, or the ornate house of Simon, the Pharisee


Rules were made for man, not man for rules


Some smart-alec said, “Getting old ain’t for sissies.” That’s
easy for him to say


There are many psychological theories that attempt to
explain the complexities of personality. However differing
they may be there is one aspect they all agree on: Man has
this remarkable capacity to change. Getting him to do it,
however, over his will to resist, is what therapy is all about


It would be wise not to allow our doubts to become the
final truth


Is a miracle merely a concept of the mind and therefore does
not really exist? Then how or why did the concept arise? Do
not ideas in the mind have their corollaries in reality


There are miracles all around us. Why does existence exist
at all? Isn’t it easier, from a purely logical point of view,
to believe in nothing rather than something? How is it, and
who is it, that can believe in nothing? Account, if you can, for
the occurrence of photosynthesis, perhaps the most miraculous
happening there is. Or how or why does the worm turn into the
butterfly?