Today’s One-Liner (#118)
Neglect of things which are profitable and necessary and undue concern with those which are irrelevant and harmful, are great folly. –Thomas à Kempis, The Imitation of Christ
Today’s One-Liner (#117)
The more man plans, the harder God laughs. –Sholem Aleichem, Tevye the Dairyman, translated by Hillel Halkin
Know Thyself
Success in every order is always attained on the same conditions: to reflect at the start, to begin at the beginning, to proceed methodically, to advance slowly, to give out all one’s strength. But the…
Today’s One-Liner (#116)
A true friend will stab you in the front. –Oscar Wilde, via Bob Dylan, Friends and Neighbors, Theme Time Radio Hour, 2006
Today’s One-Liner (#115)
There are three crowns: the crown of learning, the crown of priesthood, and the crown of royalty; but the crown of a good name excels them all. –R. Simeon, in Joseph Hertz, Sayings of the…
Something I Came across in Tablet
Consider, for a moment, the road traveled by many American Jews these past 15 months. One day, they were members in good standing of a virtuous, unimpeachable community of people who attended the finest schools,…
Thought of the Day
There are people who ponder about their friends’ shortcomings: there’s nothing to be gained by that. I have always been on the look-out for the merits of my opponents and this has been rewarding. –Johann…
Today’s One-Liner (#114)
Nothing is more dangerous, either for an individual, or for a people, than to confess to sins of which one is innocent. –Ahad Ha’am, quoted in David Mamet, The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the…
The Good News Is …
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Something I Came across in “First Things”
Alyosha Karamazov suffers tormenting doubt because the miracle he expected does not occur. But when he finds himself engaged in active love in consoling Grushenka, he discovers a faith that is compatible with uncertainty. That…