“Indifference to one’s own faith is no proof of tolerance. Loyalty to one’s own is part of a larger loyalty to faith generally.”

The Land of Israel will be small, but the people of Israel will make it great. Not in opulence, but in eminence will their destiny be fulfilled, and the elixir of their pride will be distilled not out of dominion or far-flung borders.

For the curse of Cain, the curse of being an outcast and a wanderer over the face of the earth has been removed.

There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance ­and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life.

Wherever there is interest and power to do wrong, wrong will generally be done.

Generally I don’t care about what people say. I have to be clear with myself.

I generally mark my ball with a quarter, but sometimes I’ll use a Canadian one-dollar coin.

What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.

Emerson stands apart from the other poets and essayists of New England, and of English literature generally, as of another order.

Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.

You must take people as they come. Remember, too that though you will generally know more about the condition than the patient, it is the patient who has the condition and this if nothing else bestows on him or her a kind of wisdom.

Life is generally something that happens elsewhere.