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PUBLISHED EVERY ROSH HODESH

Heshvan 5765

October 15, 2004

Theme: "The Intersections of American and Israeli Politics"

Jacqueline Lehrer of The University of Ontario explores the lessons of Parashat Noah.

KOACH Assistant Editor Maya Berezovsky encourages us to get all the facts in Listening with an Educating Ear.

Devora Greenberg, shliha to the Conservative Movement, offers an Israeli eye to the American political scene.

Cool Quotes: You can change the world.

Humor: Even God's vote gets counted in this month's KOACH humor column.

 

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Cool Quotes for Heshvan

You Can Change the World

Compiled by Brielle Goodman
Johns Hopkins University
KOACH-on-Campus Editor


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The person who is willing to say yes to experience is the person who discovers new frontiers.

-  John Marks Templeton


He who promotes his own honor at the expense of his neighbor's has no portion in the world to come.

- Judah b. Hanina, Genesis Rabbah


The six days of war must receive their ultimate meaning from the seventh day, which is peace and celebration.

- Abraham Joshua Heschel


Spend your money on good books, and you'll find its equivalent in gold of intelligence.

- Immanuel, "Mahberot," c.1300


Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who implement them are priceless.

-  Mary Kay Ash


The power of choice must involve the possibility of error--that is the essence of choosing.

- H. Samuel, "Belief and Action," 1937


Never think that God's delays are God's denials. Hold on; hold fast; hold out. Patience is genius.

-  Comte de Buffon


If a person closes his eyes to avoid giving [any] charity, it is as if he committed idolatry.

- Babylonian Talmud, Ketubot 68a


A truth does not become greater by frequent repetition.

- Maimonides, Tehiyat HaMetim


If the world seems cold to you, kindle fires to warm it.

-  Lucy Larcom


A person is always liable for his actions, whether awake or asleep.

- Babylonian Talmud, "Bava Kamma 3b"


Our only security is our ability to change.

-  John Lilly


A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they’re not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they’re not so bad.

-  Arnold Glasgow

[Posted 10/14/04]

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