Before you taste anything, recite a blessing.

The paper burns, but the words fly away.

Like a twisted olive tree in its 500th year, giving then its finest fruit, is man. How can he give forth wisdom until he has been crushed and turned in the Hand of God.

In the beginning, sin is like a thread of a spider's web. But in the end, it becomes like the cable of a ship.

Everything is foreseen, yet freedom of choice is granted.

He who remains unmarried impairs the divine image.

A fence to wisdom is silence.

Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God. Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of God. Beloved are Israel, for unto them was given the desirable Torah

Beloved is man, for he was created in the image of God.

Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of the All-present.

Jesting and levity lead a man to lewdness.

You ain't living unless your living high

It tells him what to say. I know it sounds ridiculous, ” muttered Hugh.“How can a book tell a man what to say?

If it suddenly became impossible for us to cover up all the junk we normally hide from the rest of humanity, I have a feeling we would all get real motivated to deal with the source of what ails us.

The swan who goes on living in its parents' tree will die; this is why those who are beautiful and talented bear the burden of finding their own way in the world.

There are two kinds of marriages, Benny — where the husband quotes the wife, or where the wife quotes the husband.

Forget about whether global warming exists. My focus is on jobs.

When you're criticized for something, it's best to wait two or three years and see.

Of all fatiguing, futile, empty trades, the worst, I suppose, is writing about writing.

My first novel is loaded with food references largely because my cupboards were bare, and I was writing hungry.

You can end half your troubles immediately by no longer permitting people to tell you what you want.