"When gentle persuasion [of children] falls on deaf ears, we resort to ridicule and rebuke. Then we return to threats and punishment. This is the modus operandi of a mutual frustration society."

-- Haim Ginott

#Children Quotes #Fall Quotes #Frustration Quotes

“If a man wishes to rid himself of a feeling of unbearable oppression, he may have to take hashish.”
“avarice breeds envy, a worm that is always gnawing, letting the avaricious enjoy neither their own nor anyone else's good.”
“I'm an investor in MakerBot, which is a good example of the 'thingiverse'. The idea of applying collaboration and rapid iteration to things that we interact with and hold in our hands every day is super revolutionary.”
“I really shine in front of prominently Jewish crowds. Normally I really beat myself up, but as far as Jewish audiences go, I'm at the top of my game.”
“I realize that having a style would be very beneficial for my practice from a marketing standpoint, but I can't do it. I believe my responsibilities as an architect are to design the most appropriate building for the place. Each place has a distinct culture and function, which for me requires an appropriate answer.”
“The constancy of the internal environment is the condition for free and independent life: the mechanism that makes it possible is that which assured the maintenance, with the internal environment, of all the conditions necessary for the life of the elements.”
“Our Sages refer to Prayer as "Service of the Heart". But the heart cannot work properly unless the brain functions to stimulate and control its operation. In the physiology of Prayer, too, the mind plays as vital a role as the heart.”

Source : Foreword to "Following the Synagogue Service" by Jeffrey Cohen, Gnesia Publications, (p. ix), 1997.
“Among my friends love is a payment. It is an old debt for a borrowing foolishly spent.”

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