Quotes from Harold S. Kushner

Laws of nature do not make exceptions for nice people. A bullet has no conscience; neither does a malignant tumor or an automobile gone out of control. That is why good people get sick and get hurt as much as anyone.

We cannot live without the knowledge that someone cares about us.

Many biblical verses are like inkblot tests, revealing more about us than about the text in question.

If we think of life as a kind of Olympic games, some of life's crises are sprints. They require maximum emotional concentration for a short time. Then they are over, and life returns to normal. But other crises are distance events. They ask us to maintain our concentration over a much longer period of time, and that can be a lot harder.

. . .We are here to finish God's labors. . .so that we could be His partners in completing the work of creation.

Integrity is not something that grownups have and adolescents can aspire to. Integrity is something that all of us, at all ages, are constantly striving for.

We don't have to be afraid of dying because it's not really death that scares us. We are afraid of not having lived.

You nourish your soul by fulfilling your destiny.

Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.