"One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both as a Jew and as an observer of Jews."

-- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

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“The law of attraction is this: You don't attract what you want. You attract what you are.”
“The heart of true womanhood knows where its own sphere is, and never seeks to stray beyond it!”
“At the great iron gate of the churchyard he stopped and looked in. He looked up at the high tower spectrally resisting the wind, and he looked round at the white tombstones, like enough to the dead in their winding-sheets, and he counted the nine tolls of the clock-bell.”
“Run, jump, shout, but do not sin.”
“All zeal for a reform, that gives offence To peace and charity, is mere pretence.”
“What Confucius tells us to focus on first is not how to bring stability to the world, but how to be the best possible version of ourselves. To "cultivate one's moral character" is the first step towards taking responsibility for the nation, and for society. Confucius and his disciples struggled hard to be "the best version" of themselves, but their aim in this was to better carry out their responsibilities to the society in which they lived.”
“I failed in some subjects in exam, but my friend passed in all. Now he is an engineer in Microsoft and I am the owner of Microsoft.”
“The stage is my love, it's where I started and where I do my best work.”

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