You can take a Jew out of a shtetl, but you cannot take a shtetl out of a Jew.

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

You see how it is, my dear friends. There's no pleasing everyone. It's hopeless to even try, and the more you play the peacemaker, the less peaceful things become.

One cannot live on potatoes alone. It is said that one wants bread with potatoes. And when there's no bread, a Jew takes his stick, and goes through the village in search of business.

If you listen carefully, you get to hear everything you didn't want to hear in the first place.

Gossip is nature's telephone.

The rich swell up with pride, the poor from hunger.

If somebody tells you you have ears like a donkey, pay no attention. But if two people tell you, buy yourself a saddle.

Without love our life is ... a ship without a rudder ... like a body without a soul.

A wise word is not a substitute for a piece of herring.

To add more power to your light, don’t fear the darkness of the night.

Ego seeks the domination by war, but spirit seeks the peace through love.

For centuries mankind has been on an incredible journey, taking him across every generation and through every conceivable experience in his search for God.

Paki- bashing was kind of this term that was used in general to beat up anyone that was from the Indian subcontinent.

Donald Trump and the Bomb are nearly the same age. Which of them will prove to be more destructive remains to be seen, but in combination they are terrifying.

To rejoice in life, to find the world beautiful and delightful to live in, was a mark of the Greek spirit which distinguished it from all that had gone before. It is a vital distinction.

It's better to take over and build upon an existing business than to start a new one.

Some people have a terrible stretch between family and work. It is a difficult thing to achieve.

There are just times when it seems you can't do anything wrong. Then there are other times when whatever you do is wrong. I think I could have had more drive. I was never very ambitious.

Be relentlessly generous, without focusing on when it will come back to you.