"It was long believed that wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body. Charles Halpern has lived as if there is no distinction - that body, soul, wisdom and health are one and the same in a life fully lived with great passion.

This most creative of public citizens - lawyer, educator, philanthropist, catalyst of ideas and institutions - has put into practice what he writes in these pages. A nation wandering in the wilderness, as we are, could not ask for a better guide toward clarity and compassion."

Bill Moyers