A soup like this is not the work of one man. It is the result of a constantly refined tradition. There are nearly a thousand years of history in this soup.

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.

Success is never so interesting as struggle

Of all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.

The sky was a midnight-blue, like warm, deep, blue water, and the moon seemed to lie on it like a water-lily, floating forward with an invisible current.

The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor.

It takes a great deal of experience to become natural.

Winter lies too long in country towns; hangs on until it is stale and shabby, old and sullen.

Elsewhere the sky is the roof of the world; but here the earth was the floor of the sky.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The end is nothing; the road is all.

Thoughts are the product of a machine we call the human mind. So manufacture some excellent thoughts.

The woman I loved died because I did not love her enough - what greater sin is there than that?"(Uncle Chaim and Aunt Fifke and the Angel)

To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.

The one you love leans forward, smiles, deceives you, Opens a door through which you see dark dreams.

Compassion, forgiveness, these are the real, ultimate sources of power for peace and success in life

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

Educational bureaucracies dull a child's questing sensitivity.

Don't forget to bring your sense of humor to your labor.

I think that for him, I'd risk everything.” ~ Taylor

To me, editing is not something you can do in a rush because the artists themselves are not always their own best editors. Time is absolutely everything.