"I have one talent, and that is the capacity to be tremendously surprised, surprised at life, at ideas. This is to me the supreme Hasidic imperative: Don't be old. Don't be stale."

-- Abraham Joshua Heschel

#Ideas Quotes #Talent Quotes #Capacity Quotes

“Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them”
“our limbs which had already traveled far beyond her world, carrying the click of distances in the smooth, untroubled soles of their shoes.”
“Ebola has shown that the world is not ready to deal with an epidemic on this scale.”
“It is what man does not know of God Composes the visible poem of the world.”

Source : Richard Eberhart (1979). “Of Poetry and Poets”, Urbana : University of Illinois Press
“You can't take anything online personally, especially if it is negative. You can have 10 positive comments, but the one negative comment will get to you. I learned you have to stay focused on the people who love and support you.... Remember that hate comments can be a cry for help or attention. I recommend not responding at all, but if you do, be kind.”
“Sisterhood is powerful.”
“In fact, we're both [with Elie Wiesel] engaged with the text. We search for different things, we find different things. There is a side of what he does that I'd like to do, a bit more privately. I'm not sure he is as interested in history, as I am.”

Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
“You were the first in every way that counted.”

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