“The world exists for the sake of kindness.”

Teachers learn from their students’ discussions

Whoever raises a righteous child, it is as if he did not die.

God knew where he was, but he asked so as to start a conversation with Adam and avoid startling him too much to reply.

Naked a man comes into the world and naked he leaves it, after all is said and done he leaves nothing except the good deeds he leaves behind.

Obeying from love is better than to obey from fear.

Divided as we may be by religion, we are united by charity.

Receive all with simplicity that happens to you

The flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea at Acre is not similar to the flavour of a fish which comes out of the sea in Spain.

Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.

Grief is like a wheel that goes around and around the world.

A thief is like a person who has been dead from the start.

Since man is in the likeness of the angels, and they would be jealous of him, for this reason, He consulted them.

We learn from here the humility of the Holy One, Blessed is He.

The fool who traveled is better off than the wise man who stayed home.

Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.

The man that thinks he loves his mistress for her own sake is mightily mistaken.

Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.

Building community for its own sake is like attending a cancer support group without having cancer.

But I can’t confront the doubts I have. I can’t admit that maybe the past was bad, and so, for the sake of momentum I’m condemning the future to death so it can match the past.

That overflowing feeling became love. But I don’t sing for Ren’s sake. I sing for myself everyday.

To die would have been beautiful. But I belong to those who do not die for the sake of beauty.

I try to pace myself and not work for the sake of working and stick to what inspired me prior to receiving recognition.