“The Torah mandates just acts; the Prophets demand right intentions, but the Wisdom writers honor just acts performed by righteous people.”

“Jacob was a bit of a rascal. He was a wimpy kid who cheated his brother and perhaps his employer to line his own pockets… (he) is ‘the patriarch for the rest of us.’” 

“Everywhere we look in the biosphere, we seem to find evidence of mental functioning, self-awareness, consciousness, or at least proto-consciousness.”

“This is not the used car dealership I was expecting; this is a junkyard! ...But a junkyard is also a salvage yard…”

“…Everything I do begins with a primal appetition for the Good, manifest as Truth, Beauty, and Justice. Where I go from there is up to me (free will).”

“The ‘Butterfly Effect’ rolls back 500 wasted years of ‘results oriented’ pseudo-ethics…”

Oh no, not this again! How many times do I have to listen to it? “A butterfly flaps its wings in Borneo and it rains in Chicago.” So what!

“You were made in the image of God; act accordingly!”

”Just imagine what it would be like if we actually had to take responsibility for our actions…if we couldn’t blame our shortcomings on others. Who could face a mirror?!”

“…Analysis was a breakthrough: it put the bloated language of German Idealism on a starvation diet…but does that mean we can’t enjoy the occasional pepperoni pizza with extra cheese?”

“The Past is what it is, the Future will be what will be. We are just here, now!”

“Every moment, every event originates and culminates in God’s values.”

"We need to give teenagers a path to citizenship!"