Quotes about Engagement

My life is spent in one long effort to escape from the commonplaces of existence. These little problems help me to do so.

Work is always an antidote to depression.

When you cease to make a contribution, you begin to die.

I could not at any age be content to take my place in a corner by the fireside and simply look on.

Politics is the participation of the citizen in his government. The kind of government he has depends entirely on the quality of that participation. Therefore, every single one of us must learn, as early as possible, to understand and accept our duties as a citizen.

Each of us, ultimately, is responsible in large part for the welfare of his community, for the kind of government he has, for the world he lives in.

Turn off all notifications; you should control when you want information, not the reverse.

It seems to me almost before the Bible says anything else, it is saying that—how important it is to be alive and to pay attention to being alive, pay attention to each other, pay attention to God as he moves and as he speaks. Pay attention to where life or God has tried to take you.

Never impose your language on people you wish to reach.

I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it.

Before I was elected to Congress, I had the honor of serving as the president of the Congregation Ner Tamid in Henderson, the largest Reform Synagogue in Southern Nevada. During my tenure, I witnessed firsthand the beauty in our country's religious diversity and how community engagement strengthens America.