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> [We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared. Life is not a resource to be used up, so that the older we get, the less life we have left. Life is the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/we-do-ourselves-and-others-a-disservice-when-we-make-old-age-2/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

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## More by Harold S. Kushner

> [When a mentally retarded child is born, the religious question we often ask is, "Why does God let this happen?" The better question to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/when-a-mentally-retarded-child-is-born-the-religious-question-we/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/seek-something-outside-your-nine-to-five-job-as-an-additional-source/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [But at the end, if we are brave enough to love, if we are strong enough to forgive, if we are generous enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/but-at-the-end-if-we-are-brave-enough-to-love-if-we-are-strong-enough/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [Life is like the baseball season, where even the best team loses at least a third of its games, and even the worst team…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/life-is-like-the-baseball-season-where-even-the-best-team-loses-at/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/the-circumstances-of-your-life-have-uniquely-qualified-you-to-make-a/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [None of us has the power to make someone else love us. But we all have the power to give away love, to love…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/none-of-us-has-the-power-to-make-someone-else-love-us-but-we-all-have/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [We teach children how to measure and how to weigh. We fail to teach them how to revere, how to sense wonder and awe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/we-teach-children-how-to-measure-and-how-to-weigh-we-fail-to-teach/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [God, who neither causes nor prevents tragedies, helps by inspiring people to help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/god-who-neither-causes-nor-prevents-tragedies-helps-by-inspiring/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [There seems to be something in the human soul that causes us to think less of ourselves every time we do something wrong... And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/there-seems-to-be-something-in-the-human-soul-that-causes-us-to-think/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [There is a Jewish notion that holiness is found with other people. To understand what life really is, one has to share it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/there-is-a-jewish-notion-that-holiness-is-found-with-other-people-to/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [The path to God is rarely a steady climb upward. We climb, we fall back, and we climb higher again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/the-path-to-god-is-rarely-a-steady-climb-upward-we-climb-we-fall-back/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/you-don-t-have-to-be-religious-to-have-a-soul-everybody-has-one-you/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: Ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/when-your-life-is-filled-with-the-desire-to-see-the-holiness-in/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [When I talk to people who feel this emptiness and lack of fulfillment, I recommend they find a source of balance in their lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/when-i-talk-to-people-who-feel-this-emptiness-and-lack-of-fulfillment/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

> [Forgiveness is a favor we do for ourselves, not a favor we do to the other party.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harold-s-kushner/forgiveness-is-a-favor-we-do-for-ourselves-not-a-favor-we-do-to-the/)

[Harold S. Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harold-s-kushner/)

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