Although there exist many thousand subjects for elegant conversation, there are persons who cannot meet a cripple without talking about feet.

A reputation for a thousand years may depend upon the conduct of a single moment.

One learns to itch where one can scratch.

Do not adjust your sandals while passing through a melon-field, nor yet arrange your hat beneath an orange-tree.

Eat in the dark the bargain that you purchased in the dusk.

The province of philosophy is not so much to prevent calamities befalling as to demonstrate that they are blessings when they have taken place.

One may ride upon a tiger's back but it is fatal to dismount.

He who thinks he is raising a mound may only in Reality be digging a pit.

When struck by a thunderbolt it is unnecessary to consult the Book of Dates as to the precise meaning of the omen.

The wise duck keeps his mouth shut when he smells frogs.

He who has failed three times sets up as an instructor.

Ideas are like wine. They get better when they have time to mature.

I was besieged by a yearning, a craving, a burning desire. My heart had opened like one of those mysterious flowers that only bloom at night.

Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it's easier.

I love that country [Israel].

A married woman is a slave you must know how to seat upon a throne.

I would like teachers to look deep because sometimes kids do have a faade that they put up because they feel vulnerable. Their creative truth may not be ready for their friends to see.

I want you to know, that when you are lonely, I will be lonely too.

Records aren't selling anymore; people are burning music.

We are what the past has made us. We are what the future will make us. Live now. Right now.

It is better to do something than to do nothing while waiting to do everything.