"I remind everybody that the Sabbath was the Jewish gift to civilization."

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Source : "Passover with the Bronfmans" by John Ortved, www.newyorker.com. March 25, 2013.

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

#Civilization Quotes #Sabbath Quotes

“Goals achieved with little effort are seldom worthwhile or lasting.”
“Speak in your authentic voice because people have a BS Meter”
“The key to happiness is accepting one unpleasant reality every day.”
“If you've never met a student from the University of Chicago, I'll describe him to you. If you give him a glass of water, he says, 'This is a glass of water. But is it a glass of water? And if it is a glass of water, why is it a glass of water?' And eventually he dies of thirst.”
“I want to be silverly beautiful.”
“Lenity is a part of justice; but she must not speak too loud for fear of waking justice.”
“All the money in the world is spent on feeling good.”
“The peace of nature and of the innocent creatures of god seems to be secure and deep, only so long as the presence of man and his restless and unquiet spirit are not there to trouble its sanctity.”

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