"The capacity to live in the present and maximize it softens the scare of not existing at all... The gift of death is that we don't know when it is, so we spend each day in exceptional states of love, generosity, and sanctity because time matters so much."

“Sometimes we can offer a cure, sometimes only a salve, sometimes not even that. But whatever we can offer, our interventions, and the risks and sacrifices they entail, are justified only if they serve the larger aims of a person’s life. When we forget that, the suffering we inflict can be barbaric. When we remember it, the good we do can be breathtaking.”

“When a person is at full strength, and all the more so when they age, they are obligated to deeply reflect and draw up a will... Regarding this obligation, the wisdom of Ethics of Our Fathers applies: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me?”

"Judaism is concerned about the quality of life, about the mitigation of pain, and the cure of illness wherever possible. If no cure or remission can be achieved, nature may be allowed to take its course. To prolong life is a mitzvah, to prolong dying is not."

“Whoever saves a single life is considered by Scripture to have saved the whole world.”

"Faith is about how we live, not how long... It helps us to develop an appetite for life, to cherish the miracle of being, to celebrate in the midst of uncertainty. Perhaps that is its secret, its wisdom, and its gift. Faith teaches us to make a blessing over life."

“If I am not for myself, who is for me? But if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now, when?”

"One of the essential qualities of the clinician is interest in humanity, for the secret of the care of the patient is in caring for the patient.”