"In the heart of any pious Jew, God is a Jew. Is your God an Englishman or an American?"

--

Maurice Samuel

#Heart Quotes #Jew Quotes #Englishmen Quotes

“I compare it to being in a car accident. There's so much adrenaline rushing through you that you remember being in the accident but you don't remember any of the details.”
“Studying the Buddha way is studying oneself. Studying oneself is forgetting oneself. Forgetting oneself is being enlightened by all things. Being enlightened by all things is to shed the body-mind of oneself, and those of others. No trace of enlightenment remains, and this traceless enlightenment continues endlessly.”
“I'm the worst surfer in California. My balance is off from boxing.”
“If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth.”

Source : "Ancilla to the Pre-Socratic Philosophers: A Complete Translation of the Fragments in Diels Fragmente Der Vorsokratiker", translated by Kathleen Freeman, Harvard University Press, (p. 170), 1948.
“Sanctification makes us pure in heart.”
“Resistance will continue as long as the occupation and aggression continues. There is no recognition of Israel, no matter what the cost is.”
“The great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours,' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted.”
“I used to teach. I quote American history and I love words. I've read the dictionary I don't know how many times throughout my life. People say, "You read the dictionary?" I say, "Yes, and you can really believe it."”

Source : "Jackée Harry on 227, Ladybugs, and why she wants to be the next Maggie Smith". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. February 26, 2016.

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