"[About Jews] Sheer egotism compels us to the purest love of mankind as a whole.... Our hearts are like a sponge, receptive to all the newest humanitarian ideas; and our sympathy goes out to all the unfortunate, all the oppressed."

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Source : Jewish Affairs (Johannesburg), p. 28, June 1952.

I. L. Peretz

#Heart Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Humanitarian Quotes

“Sometimes it is the person closest to us who must travel the furthest distance to be our friend.”
“The earth will end only when God declares it's time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood.”

Source : "Faith in ignorance: Politicians who quote the Bible often don't know anything about the Bible". www.salon.com. October 8, 2016.
“My most memorable meal is every Thanksgiving. I love the food: the turkey and stuffing; the sweet potatoes and rice, which come from my mother's Southern heritage; the mashed potatoes, which come from my wife's Midwestern roots; the Campbell's green-bean casserole; and of course, pumpkin pie.”

Source : "Thanksgiving Stories: A Recipe for Celebration" by Suzannah Galland, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 23, 2016.
“I'm always willing to endure humiliation on behalf of my characters.”
“Be mindful at all times of the following: the nature of the whole universe, the nature of the part that is me, the relation of the one to the other, the one so vast, the other so small.”
“A scar is not always a flaw. Sometimes a scar may be redemption inscribed in the flesh, a memorial to something endured, to something lost.”
“In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present.”
“Musicâ€™s the soundtrack of my life and has been since I was a teenager. Thereâ€™s always music. If Iâ€™m not playing it, Iâ€™m listening to it. With my writingâ€¦sometimes it inspires a story, sometimes it highlights something Iâ€™m working on, sometimes it simply helps me stay in the narrative mood.”

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