"In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study."

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Source : "Seventy Faces: Articles of Faith". Book by Norman Lamm, 2002.

Norman Lamm

#Biblical Quotes #Study Quotes #Chiefs Quotes

“Now we have technology where we can modify the genomics of individuals by gene transfer and genetic meddling, we may find that people will want to modify their children, enhance their intelligence, their strength and their beauty and all the other so-called desirable characteristics.”
“Every day silence harvests its victims. Silence is a mortal illness.”

Source : Natalia Ginzburg, Dick Davis (1989). “The Little Virtues”, p.72, Arcade Publishing
“Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.”
“A house is very much like a portrait. I cannot disconnect houses from people. The thought of arrangement, the curves and straight lines. It gives an indication of the character at the heart of it.”
“They say that at that moment you didn't do this, you didn't do that, but at that time I didn't have the means. I didn't have an army to stop the killings. I'm not Moses, I can't do miracles.”
“The worst thing baldness causes is loneliness.”
“I thought that jealousy was an idea. It isn't. It's a pain. But I didn't feel as they do in a Broadway melodrama. I didn't want to kill anybody. I just wanted to die.”
“My drummer is my favorite drummer in the world, and he also happens to be the funniest person you'll meet.”

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