"Man enters the world with closed hands, as if to say, “The world is mine”; he leaves with open hands, as if to say, “I take nothing with me.”" ~~ Midrash Ecclesiastes R. 5:14
"Live as if you expect to live forever, but plan as if you expect to enter the hereafter tomorrow." ~~ Ibn Gabirol
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity. " ~~ Albert Einstein
"The world is like an inn, the world to come like home." ~~ Talmud, Mo’ed Katan 9b
"When a righteous man is born, it is a boon to the world; when one dies it is a bane." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"Whoever lives by Torah, good deeds, humility, and the fear of Heaven, will be saved from doom." ~~ Middrash, Pesikta R. 198a
"The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them." ~~ Bernard Baruch
"Lord, let me know my end, and what the measure of my days, that I may know how frail I am!" ~~ Psalms/Tehillim 39:5
"Death and life are in the power of one’s tongue. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 18:21
"If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"Life is a negotiation." ~~ Wendy Wasserstein
"Guard your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 4:23
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