Luzzatto Luzzatto Quotes & Sayings

I'm kind of a twisted social documentary photographer. — Catherine Opie

I'm a confident person. I just try to be me. I like to make people laugh, I am a comedienne - so if people find me sexy, that's awesome. — Ashley Tisdale

Everything in life serves as a challenge and test to elevate us. Therefore it is right to be grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow through tackling this real life experience. — Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

The human heart in its perversity finds it hard to escape hatred and revenge. — Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

But in this country, while you have to be competent to pull off a terrorist attack, you don't have to be competent to cause terror. All you need to do is start plotting an attack and - regardless of whether or not you have a viable plan, weapons or even the faintest clue - the media will aid you in terrorizing the entire population. — Bruce Schneier

It is the obligation of each person in Israel to raise up the Fallen Bride from the dust into which She has fallen. — Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

I'd seen you before ... somewhere ... . But who were you? My eyes kept flitting back to your face. — Lucy Christopher

One of the axioms that most religions, Judaism included, accept about God is that God is good. But those are just words. What does it actually mean to be good? One of the things it means, Luzzatto says, is that one acts to benefit others. If there is no world, though, then there are no others that God can benefit; He exists alone in numinous solitude. God acted to create a world so that there would be other beings existing besides Himself, beings upon whom He could bestow goodness. In short, God created the world because goodness demanded it. — David Fohrman

But in a broader sense, when I have more control, I want to expose people to new ideas. — Ryan Phillippe

To actively improve the world
and change your life as well,
speak all the good you know,
and all the bad refuse to tell. — Richelle E. Goodrich

You must always conduct your business with a clear mind, free of personal issues. Until you learn this simple fact, you'll never get anything out of life. -Moses Luzzatto — Riccardo Bruni

Eternal life is not primarily duration but quality of life, life to the limit. — John Eldredge

We all drew on the comfort which is given out by the major works of Mozart, which is as real and material as the warmth given up by a glass of brandy. — Rebecca West

I want to tell you something," he whispered as he cupped her face into his hands. "What?" she asked, her breathing uneven, her hands clutching his shirt "You are totally off limits to Vince and the doctor. You belong to me." Luke continued to kiss her mouth while his hands traveled down her arms and reached the bottom of her shirt. — Lois L. Kasznia

Moses Luzzatto always said to be patient during the hard times, that they would have to endure and make sacrifices while they waited for better times to come. He urged Simone and the other Jewish boys not to provoke the Venetians, saying they should remain separate and focus on their work. He said their traditions were crucial to their identity, just as they were for their fathers before them. — Riccardo Bruni

Every entity loses perfection as long as it is not fulfilling its purpose. — Moshe Chaim Luzzatto

I wish you could have seen the kitchen when I was done: It looked like a hurricane had blown right in the door! But I cleaned it all up, and when Mother came home the whole house smelled warm and spicy, Bing Crosby was singing "White Christmas" on the radio, I was wearing a clean apron, and she called me her "little homemaker."
What would you think about tomato mincemeat cookies? I bet no one else will think of that! — Ruth Reichl