"If an individual is handicapped, he or she is challenged by Divine Providence to uncover hidden abilities and energies to overcome his or her handicap, and to attain higher levels of achievement than others who are not similarly handicapped. I strongly recommend a change in the term “handicapped” – and prefer the term “special” or “excellent ones,” for it is their excellence that enables them to transcend whatever physical limitations they may have." ~~ Rebbe Menachem Schneerson
"Light is perceived only out of darkness." ~~ The Prince and the Hermit
"Who once did a clever thing is not yet to be considered wise, and who once did a foolish thing not yet a fool." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"Better not to agree with your wife, and love her, than to agree with her and not." ~~ Reuven Alcalay
"Husband and wife are like one flesh." ~~ Talmud, Menahot 93b
"The man that swears many oaths will be filled with iniquity." ~~ Ben Sira 23:11
"Who keeps on knocking will succeed." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"Words that do not come from the heart will not enter the ear." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
"Because of war, old age creeps up on you. Of Joshua, after waging war with thirty-one kings, it is said: And Joshua became old and stricken in years." ~~ Tanchuma
"A soft answer turns away wrath. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 15:1
"Whoever lives by Torah, good deeds, humility, and the fear of Heaven, will be saved from doom." ~~ Middrash, Pesikta R. 198a
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