Cool Quotes for Iyar

There are two kinds of people: those who do the work, and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there.
-  Indira Gandhi

Each penitent thought is a voice of God.
- Baal Shem Tov

You can make more friends in a month by being interested in them than in ten years by trying to get them interested in you.
-  Charles Allen

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.
-  Margaret Mead

The most beautiful thing man can do is to forgive.
- Eleazar b. Judah, Rokeah, 13C

Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together.
-  Carl Zwanzig

To atone is to be at one with God, to sink self into the not-self, to achieve a mystic unity with the source of being, wiping out all error and finding peace in self-submergence.
- Goldberg, "The Wonder of Words"

I always give much away, and so gather happiness instead of pleasure.
- Rahel Levin Varnhagen, letter to Ludwig Robert, 1827

More people would learn from their mistakes if they weren't so busy denying them.
-  Harold J. Smith

Whoever reports a saying in the name of its originator brings the world toward redemption.
- Pirkei Avot 6:6

When solving problems, dig at the roots instead of just hacking at the leaves.
-  Anthony J. D'Angelo

Gloom obstructs our comprehension of the divine mysteries.
- Moses Hasid, Iggeret HaMusar

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
-  Anne Frank

[Posted 5/6/05]