God is the One who is with us when we have to do something we don't think we are capable of doing. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Prayer is simply coming into the presence of God. Because when you come into the presence of God, even the things you… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
. . .We are here to finish God's labors. . .so that we could be His partners in completing the work of creation. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
I said in an interview at the time that God's job is not to make sick people healthy. That's the doctors' job.… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
God, who neither causes nor prevents tragedies, helps by inspiring people to help. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
I believe that God is totally moral, but nature, one of God's creatures, is not moral. Nature is blind. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
We have confused God with Santa Claus. And we believe that prayer means making a list of everything you don't have but… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Given the unfairness that strikes so many people in life, I would rather believe in a God of limited power and unlimited… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
“when He tells Moses, “When you go to Pharaoh, I will be with you” (italics added). For me, that is God’s name,… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
A personal relationship with God enhances life. First, it enables us to accept our limitations without being frustrated by them. It assures… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
“Bad things do happen to good people in this world, but it is not God who wills it. God would like people… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
“In the final analysis, the question of why bad things happen to good people translates itself into some very different questions, no… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
When a mentally retarded child is born, the religious question we often ask is, "Why does God let this happen?" The better question to… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
Seek something outside your nine-to-five job as an additional source of fulfillment and as a way to feel the joy of helping others. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
But at the end, if we are brave enough to love, if we are strong enough to forgive, if we are generous enough to… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
Life is like the baseball season, where even the best team loses at least a third of its games, and even the worst team… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
The circumstances of your life have uniquely qualified you to make a contribution. And if you don't make that contribution, nobody else can make… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
None of us has the power to make someone else love us. But we all have the power to give away love, to love… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
God, who neither causes nor prevents tragedies, helps by inspiring people to help. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
There seems to be something in the human soul that causes us to think less of ourselves every time we do something wrong... And… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
There is a Jewish notion that holiness is found with other people. To understand what life really is, one has to share it. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
The path to God is rarely a steady climb upward. We climb, we fall back, and we climb higher again. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
You don't have to be religious to have a soul; everybody has one. You don't have to be religious to perfect your soul; I… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: Ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
When I talk to people who feel this emptiness and lack of fulfillment, I recommend they find a source of balance in their lives.… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share
