Quotes by Rabbi Harold Kushner

Caring about others, running the risk of feeling, and leaving an impact on people, brings happiness.

I am convinced that it is not the fear of death, of our lives ending that haunts our sleep so much as the fear... that as far as the world is concerned, we might as well never have lived.

I think of life as a good book. The further you get into it, the more it begins to make sense.

When you carry out acts of kindness you get a wonderful feeling inside. It is as though something inside your body responds and says, yes, this is how I ought to feel.

Can you see the holiness in those things you take for granted--a paved road or a washing machine? If you concentrate on finding what is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.

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 have found saintliness in avowed atheists.

One of the most sublime experiences we can ever have to to wake up feeling healthy after we have been sick.