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Israel Shenker has 20 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes.
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Jews are a singular confusion — difficult to define, awkward to describe, impossible to understand. All the virtues, all the vices, every…
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America has a way of inventing tradition each morning and erasing the past by nightfall, and thehold of ancient custom is endangered…
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In the Bible, fate was often presented as the handmaiden of morality: sin was succeeded by misfortune, righteousness by prosperity, with reward…
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At Vatican Council II, one dissenting Roman Catholic theologian declared: "Yes, the Bible says "Be fruitful and multiply," but that was when…
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God's greatest blessing is children. The only problem is that you have to support them. It's a problem, not a disadvantage.
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A [Jewish] woman could not divorce her husband, but she could petition for divorce, and the religious courts could force him to…
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It was God who dictated what man should believe and do, leaving man the freedom to accept or scoff, to obey or…
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Fundamentalists are less concerned to be systematic and rational than to be humble and faithful, accepting God's commandments because they come from…
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Embracing and rejecting tradition, bound and liberated by faith, torn between obscurantism and reason, self-assured and self-critical, they were a kaleidoscope of…
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Yiddish has a down-to-earth quality that makes it remote from high-flown rhetoric, and it has a catch-as-catch-can charm derived from its stunning…
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A second-century rabbi said that if 999 angels gave a bad account of a man and one angel reported favorably, God would…
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Of course, Behaviourism 'works'. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviourist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in…
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All our life is like a day of celebration for us; we are convinced, in fact, that God is always everywhere. We…
— Clement of Alexandria
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Be mindful 24 hours a day, not just during the one hour you may allot for formal meditation or reading scripture and…
— Nhat Hanh
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We live in a world of self-deprecation, and while it’s healthy to make fun of ourselves from time to time, it bothers…
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It is somethingit can be everything-to have found a fellow bird with whom you can sit among the rafters while the drinking…
— Wallace Stegner
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Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.
— Shmuel Yosef Agnon
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When I awake dramatically I start off my day by reciting aloud a fan letter.
— Austin Mahone
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If the hearts are pure, they will never have enough from reciting Allah's words (the Qur'an).
— Uthman ibn Affan
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It isn't about singing a particular hymn or reciting a prayer – it's about a relationship with your Heavenly Father who loves…
— Brian Houston
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I was always the hero with no vices, reciting practically the same lines to the leading lady. The current crop of movie…
— Ramon Novarro
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I also don't believe that whatever come after life depends on my correctly reciting a list of my transgressions-that sounds too much…
— Veronica Roth
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It's not that I literally think I'm a fearie. It's just that I feel so different from most people. And this idea…
— Francesca Lia Block
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