The Torah tells us that our earliest ancestors were diggers of wells. Suppose we try to reach for the understanding that flowed as water from the depths of Abraham's well, rather, for the moment, than the one that came down from the top of Moses' mountain. . . . Spiritual growth is a matter of uncovering new depths rather than attaining new heights. Perhaps we could even try to think of Torah itself as having been given at the deepest level of inner encounter, rather than from the top of the highest mountain, the mountain serving as a vertical metaphor for an inward event.
— Arthur Green, Seek My Face