Harold S. Kushner

“When Moses says, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?" God answers not by telling Moses who he is, but by telling him who God is, saying, "I will be with you" (Exodus 3:12)”

“God is the light shining in the midst of darkness, not to deny that there is darkness in the world but to reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of the darkness because darkness will always yield to light. As theologian David Griffin puts in, God is all-powerful, His power enables people to deal with events beyond their control and He gives us the strength to do those things because He is with us.”

“If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul”

“Forgiveness is not a matter of exonerating people who have hurt you. They may not deserve exoneration. Forgiveness means cleansing your soul of the bitterness of ‘what might have been,’ ‘what should have been,’ and ‘what didn’t have to happen.’ Someone has defined forgiveness as ‘giving up all hope of having had a better past.’ What’s past is past and there is little to be gained by dwelling on it. There are perhaps no sadder people then the men and women who have a grievance against the world because of something that happened years ago and have let that memory sour their view of life ever since.”

“That is why we have to make room in our lives for people who may sometimes disappoint or exasperate us. If we hold our friends to a standard of perfection, or if they do that to us, we will end up far lonelier than we want to be.”

“When facing a dilemma, choose the more morally demanding alternative.”

“One of the basic needs of every human being is the need to be loved, to have our wishes and feelings taken seriously, to be validated as people who matter.”

“怒りを爆発させてしまうと、それがあまりにも強くて、神を破壊してしまうのではないかと恐れているのでしょうか?”

“I'm not perfect, ... But i'm enough”

“People are so busy chasing happiness- if they would slow down and turn around, they would give it a chance to catch up with them.”

“One man alone can't defeat the forces of evil, but many good people coming together can.”

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

“There is no right way to do a wrong thing.”

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

“Good people will do good things, lots of them, because they are good people. They will do bad things because they are human.”

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

“The purpose in life is not to win. The purpose in life is to grow and to share. "When you come to look back on all that you have done in life, you will get more satisfaction from the pleasure you have brought into other people's lives than you will from the times that you outdid and defeated them.”