Judge yourself; if you do that you will not be judged by God, as St. Paul says. But it must be a real sense of your own sinfulness, not an artificial humility.

Man must do his part and detach himself from created things.

Often when He comes, He finds the soul occupied. Other guests are there, and He has to turn away. He cannot gain entry, for we love and desire other things; therefore, His gifts, which He is offering to everyone unceasingly, must remain outside.

Give yourself entirely to God, enter and hide in the hidden ground of your soul.

Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.

Beyond being Jewish, I've always found myself to be very much in tune with spirituality.

As a child of God, our whole reason for existing is to give God praise. What a testimony to give in a difficult situation.

All great enterprises have a pearl of faith at their core, and this must be ours: that Americans are still a people born to liberty. That they retain the capacity for self-government. That, addressed as free-born, autonomous men and women of God-given dignity, they will rise yet again to drive back a mortal enemy.