P. H. Solomon Quotes

Is everything right because the law allows it?

Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.

Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace men.

Thus when I have to summarize naturalized spirituality in a single phrase, it is this: the thoughtful love of life.

Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.

He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.

A soft answer breaks the rage, a tough answer encourage the fury.

If one of us is chained, none of us are free...

That, who keeps his mouth, keeps his Soul.

Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.

One is punished by the very things by which he sins.

I was overpowered by being in the world, by other people and their lives I couldn’t lead, their jobs I couldn’t do - overpowered even by jobs I would never want or need to do.

Living with depression is like trying to keep your balance while you dance with a goat -- it is perfectly sane to prefer a partner with a better sense of balance.

My beloved is mine and I am his.

Trust is a skill learned over time so that, like a well-trained athlete, one makes the right moves, usually without much reflection.

Without vision a people perishes.

As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects.

Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them.

The tongue has the power of life and death.

If you desire wisdom like money and buried treasures, then you'll find it!

Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.

I think an awful lot of the diplomatic problems that exist in the world come from people assuming that their society is the one with a purchase on truth.

Love can be understood only "from the inside," as a language can be understood only by someone who speaks it, as a world can be understood only by someone who lives in it.

Misfortune may become fortune through patience.

All trust involves vulnerability and risk, and nothing would count as trust if there were no possibility of betrayal.

Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

To gain riches is wise; to pay for riches with happiness is foolish.

One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.

A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.

Drink poison rather than worry.

Many men hoard for the future husbands of their wives.

Trust is built step by step, commitment by commitment, on every level.

If you see oppression of the poor, and justice and righteousness trampled in a country, do not be astounded.

As the lily among thorns, so is my love among the daughters. As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons.

The desire, which is accomplished, is sweet to the soul.

I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me.

I hated being depressed, but it was also in depression that I learned my own acreage, the full extent of my soul.

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things.

If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it.

It's a bad word, 'belong.' Especially when you put it with somebody you love ... You can't own a human being.

Solomon's Laws 1. When the law doesn't work...work the law.

Leonard Chess passed, and that was the end of the Chess label for that time.

A wise person will listen and take in more instruction.

Your secret is your prisoner; once you reveal it, you become its slave.

Fixing is the illness model; acceptance is the identity model; which way any family goes reflects their assumptions and resources.

Many people are blind to trust, not so much to its benefits as to its nature and the practices that make it possible.

The Peace Corps is an outstanding organization that promotes peace through helping countless individuals who want to help build a better life for the community in which they serve.