"Life is full of misery, loneliness, and suffering – and it’s all over much too soon. " ~~ Woody Allen
"Jealousy and anger will shorten your life. " ~~ Ben Sira 31:24
"Woe to him that lives as a pauper to die rich!" ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"There are ethereal beings who bask in the Divine light of spiritual worlds. But it is human beings, who struggle with the darkness of a material world who shall ultimately arrive at the Essence." ~~ Rebbe Menachem Schneerson
"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
"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
"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