Judaism is absolutely incompatible with the abandonment of the Torah. Votes: 9
Ages employed in making history have no time for studying it. Votes: 8
By vulgarity I mean that vice of civilization which makes man ashamed of himself and his next of kin, and pretend to be somebody else. Votes: 8
You cannot be anything if you want to be everything. Votes: 5
In short, the Gaon was a one-sided, severe ascetic, and would never have deserved the title of a good father, a good husband, an amiable man ... [T]here is no occasion at all for pitying Mrs. Gaon. ... Saints are happy in their suffering, and noble souls find their happiness in sacrificing themselves for these sufferers. Votes: 0
Self-complacency is the companion of ignorance. Votes: 0
Whatever the faults of the rabbis, consistency was not one of them. Votes: 0