Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.

- Jacob Neusner

You do not need to justify asking questions. But if you think you have found answers, you do not have the right to remain silent.

- Jacob Neusner

A religion shapes the world of its believers by identifying questions that need answers and providing answers that people 'know' to be true. ­

- Jacob Neusner

Religion is something people do together to face urgent problems and to resolve them by appealing to truths that seem self-evident to them.

- Jacob Neusner

But the more insidious enemies of religion recognize but deplore religion's remarkable influence in the world order.

- Jacob Neusner