Faith is the summit of the Torah.
Solomon ibn Gabirol.
“There are three types of friends: those like food without which you can't live those like medicine which you need occasionally and those like an illness which you never want.”
“The Sage was asked to define good manners? to which he replied, To bear patiently the rude ones.”
“A mans mind is hidden in his writings: criticism brings it to light.”
“The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others".”
“The test of good manners is to be patient with the bad ones.”
“Jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire.”
“Some people don't understand the promises they're making when they make them," I said."Right, of course. But you keep the promise anyway. That's what love is. Love is keeping the promise anyway.”
“I think if I've learned anything about friendship, it's to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don't walk away, don't be distracted, don't be too busy or tired, don...”
“And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.”
“One love, one heart . . .Lets get together and feel all right”
“And in the case of superior things like stars, we discover a kind of unity in separation. The higher we rise on the scale of being, the easier it is to discern a connection even among things separa...”
“It strikes me as unChristian that we often have more charitable attitudes toward ideological allies than we do toward brothers and sisters in Christ with whom we disagree on matters of politics.”