I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than the trophies of war.

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

Our redemption through the suffering of Christ is that deeper love within us which not only frees us from slavery to sin, but also secures for us the true liberty of the children of God, in order that we might do all things out of love rather than out of fear - love for him that has shown us such grace that no greater can be found.

The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.

One day we will finally see that when we reject any person or group of people, we reject a part of our very selves. All are one. All are in. All are God's beloved children with a place at the table.

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

With four women commentators, the IPL have shown they have faith in women commentators to do a good job.

If human language, with its logic, is the way God has given us to understand the world, then the Torah must be understood in that same language and with that same logic.