Israel is so tiny. It's, you know, a little less than the length of Manhattan, without the West Bank, without Judea and Samaria.
It is against the law to permit weak people to steal your strength. Never permit it.
You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
We never get upset over what happens. Never. We get upset because of preconceived ideas as to what we think should happen, what we want to happen. When our preference clashes with the reality, we get hurt. Rid yourself of all preconceived ideas as to what should happen. You are then at peace whatever happens.
Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.
You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them
Do not be impatient with your seemingly slow progress. Do not try to run faster than you presently can. If you are studying, reflecting and trying, you are making progress whether you are aware of it or not. A traveler walking the road in the darkness of night is still going forward. Someday, some way, everything will break open, like the natural unfolding of a rosebud.
I’m torn between the desire to create and the desire to destroy.
The world moves into the future as a result of decisions, not as a result of plans. Plans are significant only insofar as they affect decisions.
Women are, of course, more intelligent. Have you ever heard of a woman that would lose her head only because a man has pretty legs?
I was the Americans fair-haired boy