the fact that every people feel itself threatened by the others gives the state it's definite unifying powers; it depends upon the instinct of self-p… - Martin Buber

The world in which you live, just as it is and not otherwise, affords you that association with God, which will redeem you and whatever divine aspect of the world you have been entrusted with. And your own character, the very qualities which make you what you are, constitutes your special approach to God, your special potential use for Him.

It is the highest service to submit the evil impulse to God through the power of love.

You can rake the muck this way, rake the muck that way — it will always be muck. Have I sinned or have I not sinned? In the time I am brooding over it, I could be stringing pearls for the delight of Heaven