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“The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to...
“Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.” -Francis Bacon In what seems like an almost incredible statement, Moses tells...
“We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled, but as candles to be lit.” -Robert H. Shaffer It is perhaps one of the least noted...
“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” – Helen Keller The Torah makes a straightforward connection...
“True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.” -Jeremy Collier There are multiple accounts of the miracles of the...
“The soul is not nourished by what it takes in, but by what it gives.” — Viktor Frankl Much has been written about nourishment in its most...
“The mantra becomes one’s staff of life and carries one through every ordeal. Each repetition has a new meaning, carrying you nearer and nearer to...
“He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.” – Henry Ward...
“The hand is the cutting edge of the mind.” — Jacob Bronowski A well-known study found that the vast majority of infants suck their thumbs. The...
“What you dislike in another, take care to correct in yourself.” — Thomas Sprat In Jewish tradition, the Kohen Gadol, the High Priest, is...
“Behold, I do not give lectures or a little charity. When I give I give myself.” – Walt Whitman How does a person show thanks? How does one...
“The key to faith is what we are willing to sacrifice to obtain it.” -Elder Cloward A significant portion of the Torah concerns itself with...
“People don’t go there anymore. It’s too crowded.” – Yogi Berra The Magic Kingdom in the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando is one of the...
“Remember that a man’s name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language.” -Dale Carnegie, How to Win Friends and Influence...
“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.” -Voltaire Western medicine is typically disparaging of any...
“The only thing that makes one place more attractive to me then another is the quantity of heart I find in it.” -Jane Welsh Carlyle Man is often...