111 Quotes by Harold S. Kushner

If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.

We can endure much more than we think we can; all human experience testifies to that. All we need to do is learn not to be afraid of pain. Grit your teeth and let it hurt. Don’t deny it, don’t be overwhelmed by it. It will not last forever. One day, the pain will be gone and you will still be there.

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

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

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

You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you.

Our souls are not hungry for fame, comfort, wealth, or power. Our souls are hungry for meaning, for the sense that we have figured out how to live so that our lives matter.

You don’t become happy by pursuing happiness. You become happy by living a life that means something.

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.