If Rumi is the most-read poet in America today, Coleman Barks is in good part responsible. His ear for the truly divine madness in Rumi’s poetry is really remarkable. – Huston Smith
The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it. – John Stuart Mill
Israel is no longer a people that dwells alone, and has to join the global journey toward peace, reconciliation and international cooperation. – Yitzhak Rabin
