Pirkei Avot Learning Quotes & Sayings

She was alone and destitute in a world of pointless carnage. By an eight-hundred-year-old Sepahrdic tradition she ad been since the age of twelve and a half "bogeret l'reshut nafsha"
an adult wit authority over her own soul. The Torah taught, Choose life. And so, rather than die of pride, Sofia Mendes sold what she had to sell, and she survived. — Mary Doria Russell

Narrow minds devoid of
imagination. Intolerance, theories cut off from reality, empty terminology, usurped
ideals, inflexible systems. Those are the things that really frighten me. What I absolutely
fear and loathe. Of course it's important to know what's right and what's wrong.
Individual errors in judgment can usually be corrected. As long as you have the courage
to admit mistakes, things can be turned around. But intolerant, narrow minds with no
imagination are like parasites that transform the host, change form, and continue to
thrive. They're a lost cause — Haruki Murakami

Just because the question can be answered doesn't mean that anyone is obliged to answer it, or that it ought to be asked. — Rebecca Solnit

The heart's gone out of it, why keep it up. — Robert Frost

Coffee isn't my cup of tea. — Samuel Goldwyn

Self-control is one of the most exhilarating of pleasures. — William F. Buckley Jr.