"Ironically, the people who do not need Israel are gradually taking over Israel, and they're actually pushing out people who so need it."

“I am a better person when I let myself have the time for romance and for love.”

“I don't like being shouted at.”

Source : "Q & A With Lesley Nicol of Downton Abbey: Salty Raspberry Meringue, Adventures in Pretend Cooking + How Mrs. Patmore is Like Gordon Ramsay". Interview with Margy Rochlin, www.laweekly.com. January 5, 2013.

“Lovers of words have no place where honest work must be done.”

Source : Karen Essex (2008). “Stealing Athena: A Novel”, p.171, Anchor

“I guess my work is described a lot of the time as very sensual and sexy. When I take a picture, I'm very focused on trying to discover something about a person. Or about an idea. I try to be quite successful at it.”

“I'm kind of lame. I prefer quiet evenings at home, hanging out with my family.”

“Spiritually, trees play a unique role in the Jewish and Christian scriptures, from the Garden of Eden to the Cross of Christ. Biologically, in great forest communities, they help sustain life on our planet, giving off oxygen, anchoring soil, keeping stream and rivers clear, and providing habitation for thousands of species. How can religious persons not care about the widespread destruction of these creatures of God? We need to love them as our very selves, as neighbors in earth's community of life.”

“The spiritual life is part of the human essence. It is a defining characteristic of human nature, without which human nature is not fully human.”

Source : Hung-Min Chiang, Abraham Harold Maslow (1969). “The healthy personality: readings”

“Prayer requires more of the heart than of the tongue.”

Source : Adam Clarke (1835). “Christian Theology”, p.252