Rabbi Jonathan Sacks points out that teshuva means that our past does not dictate our future.

Honesty lies somewhere between truth and peace.

Herein lay Jonah’s greatest flaw as leader. He wanted justice for others and compassion for himself.

There is no room for change when we feel sorry for ourselves.

Whatever we can do to stimulate greater piety, introspection, and goodness will help us in the coming year to be more loving, more pious, more thoughtful, and more kind.

Recovery is a powerful English word, capturing the emotion of returning in its grandest sense.

Joy lies in sound judgment and goodness.

Repentance requires that we love no less, and possibly more, than we did before the distance set in.

“The virtue of a sacred heart lies in the courage to maintain your innocence and wonder, your doubt and curiosity, and your compassion and love even through your darkest, most difficult moments.”