Life

"Woe to him that toils all his life to comfort his heirs by his death!" ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

Filed under: Death, Life, Mishle Yehoshua

"There is one moral duty which your moralists underrate criminally: the duty to enjoy the world which God created." ~~ Klatzkin

Filed under: Klatzkin, Life, Wisdom

"If I could drop dead right now, I"d be the happiest man alive. " ~~ Samuel Goldwyn

Filed under: Humor, Life, Samuel Goldwyn

"Darkness, no matter how ominous and intimidating, is not a thing or force: it is merely the absence of light. So light need not combat and overpower darkness in order to displace it - where light is, darkness is not. A thimbleful of light will therefore banish a roomful of darkness. The same is true of good and evil: evil is not a thing or force, but merely the absence or concealment of good. One need not "defeat" the evil in the world; one need only bring to light its inherent goodness." ~~ Rebbe Menachem Schneerson

Filed under: Life, Rebbe Menachem Schneerson

"Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you"re alive you"ve got to flap your arms and legs, you"ve got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you"re not alive. " ~~ Mel Brooks

Filed under: Humor, Life, Mel Brooks

"A young man has to live and an old man wants to." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

Filed under: Children, Golden Years, Life, Yiddish Proverb

"Who is not happy in his lot is deemed a wretch." ~~ Ma'alat Hamiddot

Filed under: Life, Ma'alat Hamiddot, Wisdom

"Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. " ~~ Sigmund Freud

Filed under: Dreams, Life, Sigmund Freud

"There is no remedy for a man who starts looking upon life with unrelieved pessimism." ~~ Moshe Leib Lilienblum

Filed under: Life, Moshe Leib Lilienblum, Wisdom

"One of the main distinguishing features which set man apart from all other creatures is the free choice of action which the Creator bestowed upon him. Man can use this Divine gift either for self-destruction and the destruction of everything around him; or he can choose the right way of life, which would elevate him and his environment to the highest possible perfection. " ~~ Rebbe Menachem Schneerson

Filed under: Faith, Life, Rebbe Menachem Schneerson

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