There seems to be something in the human soul that causes us to think less of ourselves every time we do something… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Other people may complicate our lives, but life without them would be unbearably desolate. None of us can be truly human in… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
The soul is not a physical entity, but instead refers to everything about us that is not physical - our values, memories,… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
God does not cause our misfortunes. Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
It explains why people come home from work or school and immediately switch on the television. They are not interested in the… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
I am quite confident that the most important part of a human being is not his physical body but his nonphysical essence,… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
One of the basic needs of every human being is the need to be loved, to have our wishes and feelings taken… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Our human bodies are miracles, not because they defy laws of nature, but precisely because they obey them. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Good people will do good things, lots of them, because they are good people. They will do bad things because they are… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Everything that God created is potentially holy, and our task as humans is to find that holiness in seemingly unholy situations. When… — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Never attribute to malice or other deliberate decision what can be explained by human frailty, imperfection, or ignorance. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
Only a life of goodness and honesty leaves us feeling spiritually healthy and human. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
God, who neither causes nor prevents tragedies, helps by inspiring people to help. — Harold S. Kushner Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
