"Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature."

"In Jewish tradition, dying in one’s sleep is called a kiss of God, and dying on the Sabbath is a gift that is merited by piety. For the pious person, my father once wrote, it is a privilege to die."

"Short is the way from need to greed."

"What seems to be a stone is a drama."

"There is a passion and drive for cruel deeds which only the awe and fear of God can soothe; there is a suffocating selfishness in man which only holiness can ventilate."

"The solution of mankind’s most vexing problem will not be found in renouncing technical civilization, but in attaining some degree of independence of it."

"We may not know whether our understanding is correct, or whether our sentiments are noble, but the air of the day surrounds us like spring which spreads over the land without our aid or notice."

"Only that which is good for all men is good for every man. No one is truly inspired for his own sake. He who is blessed, is a blessing for others."

"Faced with the mind-surpassing grandeur of the universe, we cannot but admit that there is meaning which is greater than man."

"There is a word that is seldom said, a word for an emotion almost too deep to be expressed: the love of the Sabbath."

"Wise criticism always begins with self-criticism."

"Awe precedes faith."

"Labor is a blessing, toil is the misery of man."

"The surest way to suppress our ability to understand the meaning of God and the importance of worship is to take things for granted...Indifference to the sublime wonder of living is the root of sin."

"Man is not a beast of burden, and the Sabbath is not for the purpose of enhancing the efficiency of his work."

"This is the status of the Bible in modern life: it is a sublime answer, but we do not know the question any more. Unless we recover the question, there is no hope of understanding the Bible."

"The principle to be kept in mind is to know what we see rather than to see what we know."

"The Sabbath is the presence of God in the world, open to the soul of man.” God is not in things of space, but in moments of time."

"Sanctification is dependent upon human behavior and attitude."

"The Sabbath is the day on which we learn the art of surpassing civilization."

"The Jewish contribution to the idea of love is the conception of love of the Sabbath, the love of a day, of spirit in the form of time."

"Just as we are commanded to keep the Sabbath, we are commanded to labor."

"The grand premise of religion is that man is able to surpass himself; that man who is part of this world may"

"Unless one learns how to relish the taste of Sabbath … one will be unable to enjoy the taste of eternity in the world to come."

"Replete is the world with a spiritual radiance, replete with sublime and marvelous secrets. But a small hand held against the eye hides it all,” said the Baal Shem."

"We may assume it is God we care for, but it may be our own ego we are concerned with. To examine our religious existence is, therefore, a task to be performed constantly."

"No man is free who is not a master of himself, that the more liberties we enjoy, the more discipline we need.46 Laissez-faire,"

"I never thought about what people would say about me. I was just a young guy who was excited to become a comedian and an actor, and I just wanted to get to do what I got to do."

"I grew up cursing a lot."

"I've been called a moron since I was about four. My father called me a moron. My grandfather said I was a moron. And a lot of times when I'm driving, I hear I'm a moron. I like being a moron."

"I definitely connected to the fact that life gets out of control and you end up doing things and wishing you were doing other things instead."

"Sometimes you can't prioritise family and you feel guilty."

"I'm filthy rich!"

"I was raised by a mother who told me I was great every day of my life."

"I'm not great at bedtime stories. Bedtime stories are supposed to put the kid to sleep. My kid gets riled up and then my wife has to come in and go, 'All right! Get out of the room.'"

"I've always had lots of friends and my house was the house they all hung out at."

"Kids end up seeing my movies anyway but some of the mothers get mad at me so I figured I'd make one that I can't get yelled at for."

"I can handle pain."

"My father used to wear the same pants for like a week."

"Girls are soft and pretty."

"It's nice when little teams win."

"I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios."

"When I do stand-up shows at colleges, girls will talk to me after the show, and that always feels good. I like talking to them."

"How do I speak Spanish? Not too well."

"In one day, I have times where I'm feeling great, I feel like I love my life, and then 2:30 rolls around and I'm the angriest man alive. My wife sees it."

"My grandmother used to embarrass me more, when she would pick me up from school wearing a big fuzzy hat. I didn't like that."

"SNL is a home. You've got all of your brothers and sisters there, and it's a great time."

"I grew up cursing a lot. It felt natural. My parents told me to stop."

"I've always liked older ladies, ever since my mother would have B'nai B'rith at our house."

"As a kid, I'd go into the bathroom when I was having a tantrum. I'd be in the bathroom crying, studying myself in the mirror. I was preparing for future roles."