IF CIVILIZATION IS TO SURVIVE, we must cultivate the science of human relationships — the ability of all peoples, of all kinds, to live together, in the same world at peace. FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
WE KNOW that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. GEORGE ORWELL
ENJOY little things in life . . . for one day you’ll look back and realize they were the big things. KURT VONNEGUT
THE THINGS WE LOVE TELL US WHO WE ARE. THOMAS AQUINAS
ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER 1902-1991 “The Magician of Lublin”.
“His fiction, depicting Jewish life in Poland and the United States is remarkable for its rich blending of irony, wit and wisdom, flavored distinctively with the occult and the grotesque.” Nobel Prize
WHEN YOU BETRAY SOMEONE ELSE, YOU ALSO BETRAY YOURSELF.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO MAKE AN EFFORT, great miracles and wonderful treasures are in store.
TWO IMPORTANT THINGS are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I’ve discovered is everything.
WE MUST BELIEVE IN FREE WILL == WE HAVE NOM CHOICE.
WHEN A DAY PASSES. it is no longer there. What remains of it? Nothing more than story. If stories weren’t told or books weren’t written, man would live like the beasts, only for the day.
IT is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found men will swallow great helping of falsehood.
LIFE IS GOD’S NOVEL. LET HIM WRITE IT.
IN THEIR BEHAVIOR TOWARD CREATURES ALL MEN ARE NAZIS. Human beings see oppression vividly when they’re victims. Otherwise they victimize blindly and without a thought.
IF you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.
WHENEVER I’m in trouble I pray. And because I’m in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.
VOLTAIRE 1694-1778 “CANDIDE””Lettres Philosophiques”
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHO CONTROLS YOU, LOOK AT WHO YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CRITICIZE.
ANYONE who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices.
IF THERE’S life on other planets then the earth is the Universe’s insane asylum.
THE MORE A STUPIDITY IS REPEATED, the more it gets the appearance of wisdom.
THE RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE CONTENT OF THE SPEECH.
SO LONG AS THE PEOPLE do not care to exercise their freedom, those who wish to tyrannize will do so; for tyrants are active and ardent and will devote themselves in the name of any number of gods, religious and otherwise, to put shackles upon sleeping men.
Isaac: I DID NOT become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO FREE FOOLS FROM THE CHAINS THEY REVERE.
EVERYTHING YOU say should be true but not everything true should be said.
MAN PRAYS FOR MERCY, but is unwilling to extend it to others. Why then should man expect mercy from God? It is unfair to expect something that you are not willing to give.
LITERATURE IS THE MEMORY OF HUMANITY.
SOMETIMES LOVE IS STRONGER THAN MAN’S CONVICTIONS.
WE KNOW what person thinks not what he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.
God gave us so many emotions and so many strong ones. Every human being even if he is an idiot is a millionaire in emotions.
PEOPLE often say that humans have always eaten animals as if it is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.
NIGHT IS A TIME OF RIGOR but also of mercy. There are truths which one can see only when it’s dark.
THE GREATNESS OF ART IS NOT TO FIND WHAT IS COMMON BUT WHAT IS UNIQUE.