Shabbos Keeper Quotes & Sayings

Character is developed one positive action at a time. Therefore nothing is actually trivial in our lives. To grow in character development, pay attention to seemingly trivial matters. Someone who grows from each minor life event will eventually reach high levels of character perfection. — Zelig Pliskin

John Locke, called the Father of Liberalism, made the argument that the individual instead of the community was the foundation of society. He believed that government existed by the consent of the governed, not by divine right. But the reason government is necessary is to defend private property, to keep people from stealing from each other. This idea appealed to the wealthy for an obvious reason: they wanted to keep their wealth. From the perspective of the poor, things look decidedly different. The rich are able to accumulate wealth by taking the labor of the poor and by turning the commons into privately owned commodities; therefore, defending the accumulation of wealth in a system that has no other moral constraints is in effect defending theft, not protecting against it. — Lierre Keith

You may say that things happen just by chance, but I don't feel that way. — Shunryu Suzuki

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. — Oprah Winfrey

A saint is a sinner who never gave up. — Paramahansa Yogananda

Listen to all the conversations of our world, between nations as well as between individuals. They are, for the most part, dialogues of the deaf. — Paul Tournier

Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank
but that's not the same thing. — Joseph Conrad

But you too, help one another: help one another always. One another. In this way, by helping one another, we will do some good. — Pope Francis