The older I get, the more I realize that religion is not going to be easily marginalized by one of its wannabe successors - science, capitalism, consumerism. Bruce Feiler More Quotes by Bruce Feiler More Quotes From Bruce Feiler Social media is fine, but we need to put the phones down and look somebody in the eye. Talk to your neighbor. Talk to your community. Especially talk to the one you love. It's all about connection. It's hard, but it's ultimately what gives us meaning in the world. Bruce Feiler community eye giving But humans disappoint. Adam, in tasting the fruit, indicates that he prefers Eve to God, so God banishes them. Bruce Feiler disappoint adam fruit When I was growing up, I, like many Jews, cheered what appeared to be the receding of faith from everyday life. The further religion got from our lives the better our lives would get, I thought, because persecution had been such a burden to Jewish families for generations. Bruce Feiler generations growing-up everyday When faced with a challenge, happy families, like happy people, just add a new chapter to their life story that shows them overcoming the hardship. This skill is particularly important for children, whose identity tends to get locked in during adolescence. Bruce Feiler skills children people The biggest idea that I have learned - I basically went in to write a book about Adam and Eve, ended up writing a book about love. And what did I learn? Love is a story you tell with another person. Bruce Feiler writing love-is book After college, I wanted to learned about myself as an American, so I left the United States and went to Japan. Bruce Feiler japan united-states college Americans know more about religion than almost any other topic. Bruce Feiler topics knows May your first word be adventure and last word love. Bruce Feiler lasts adventure firsts The higher the joy is not the light, it's the reflection. The greater pleasure is not climbing up; it's handing down Bruce Feiler climbing-up light reflection There is profundity to explore, but also laundry to do. Bruce Feiler profundity laundry Superman's original name was Kal-El, or Swift God. His father's name was Jor-El. Superman was clearly drawn as a modern-day god. Bruce Feiler modern names father Moses is our true founding father. Bruce Feiler moses founding father I'd say my best memory was climbing Mt. Fuji, and the worst memory was... trying to fit my feet into the free giveaway slippers at Japanese schools. Bruce Feiler climbing memories school You don't need a grand plan, you don't need to go back to the ancestors and rewrite the rules. You just need to take small steps and accumulate small wins. Bruce Feiler small-wins small-steps winning One of the things I've learned is to be much more open about my frailties and about our failures, because when you show your kids how you can resolve conflict in your life in real time, you're giving them confidence that when they have conflicts, they can push through them. Bruce Feiler real giving kids I think that most of the action in religion is around the home, is in families, and is in individual lives, and they can go on their own searches, watch their own TV shows, read their own books, form their own groups and discuss it, but that's where the action is - on the home front. Bruce Feiler home book thinking You may be frustrated with religion, but don't take that out on God. Bruce Feiler frustrated may I grew up in the age of discount air fare, and for me, the act of joining a culture was a great way about learning about that different culture. So I grew up in the South, and went to college in the North, and found out that I learned about myself as a Southerner by leaving the South and going to the Northeast. Bruce Feiler myself me learning age I say the same thing that I've said for decades now, which is: don't go over to Japan trying to change it, thinking that you know better. Go there trying to understand. Bruce Feiler better you change thinking I definitely subscribe to the idea that 9/11, to use an overused phrase, was a wake-up call. There was a year-long national teach-in on Islam - everyone read books and suddenly talked about Islam, and that was very productive. But there's no doubt that moment has passed. Bruce Feiler everyone moment islam doubt
