“Any given moment—no matter how casual, how ordinary—is poised, full of gaping life.”

“Optimism (definition): No matter how bad life can get and how much God decides to throw at you, you can always at any given moment step back and think of at least one positive that happened because of the situation.This is finding true inner peace.”

“After you're gone, people will forget your name, no matter how important it was, and your face, no matter how pretty it was, and what you said, no matter how clever any of it sounded.The things you've done will crumble and fade and the places you once loved, will change and be given new names.You are only here for one moment and it lasts exactly one lifetime.”

“I remember, no matter how impossible it seemed that any given day would end, it always did. This one would, too.”

“...well, if women's work was never done, why trouble about how much of it wasn't being accomplished at any given moment?”

“It's always like a miracle. No matter how bad everything was on ordinary days, no matter how poor they seemed, on Yontev -- like on Shabbos -- they suddenly seemed rich.”