“Receive all with simplicity that happens to you”

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.

The world exists for the sake of kindness.

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.

You know, the Oscar I was awarded for The Untouchables is a wonderful thing, but I can honestly say that I’d rather have won the U.S. Open Golf Tournament.

Don’t look back. Something might be gaining on you.

Happiness depends on what you can give, not on what you can get.

It is exhausting knowing that most of the time the phone rings, most of the time there’s an email, most of the time there’s a letter, someone wants something of you.

Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.

Airplanes may kill you, but they ain’t likely to hurt you.

What really matters is what you do with what you have.

But when you are significant is when you help other people be successful. That lasts many a lifetime.