Cool Quotes for Av

"Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons."

Even God doesn't plan to judge a man till the end of his days, why should you and I?
-  Unknown

God is totally distinct from both the upper and lower worlds and can in no way be compared to the soul of man.
- Shneor Zalman, "Iggeret HaKodesh"

To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.
-  Josh Jenkins

Teach your tongue to say, "I do not know," lest you be led to lie.
- Babylonian Talmud, Berakhot 4a

Wrinkles should merely indicate where the smiles have been.
-  Mark Twain

Happiness and life are two different things; and it's no wonder that men came to ascribe bliss to the dead alone.
- F. Rosenzweig, letter to his mother, 1918

Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons.
-  Ruth Ann Schabacker

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
-  Herm Albright

Pray for an enemy as for yourself.
- Baal Shem Tov

When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and I could say, "I used everything that you gave me."
-  Erma Bombeck

I wish I could show you, when you are lonely or in darkness, the astonishing Light of your own Being.
-  Hafiz

As water flows to the lowest level, so Torah finds its way to the lowly of spirit.
- Hanina b. Iddi. Talmud: Taanit 7a

If you look at zero you see nothing;
but look through it and you will see the world.
-  Robert Kaplan

An individual is a person, when and because he knows himself as such; a group is a people, when and because it knows itself as such.
- Mordechai Kaplan, "Future of the American Jew," 1948

[Posted 8/4/05]