quotes about Lifestyle Choices

“And say, finally, whether peace is best preserved by giving energy to the government or information to the people. This last is the most legitimate engine of government. Educate and inform the whole mass of people. Enable them to see that it is their interest to preserve peace and order, and they will preserve them. And it requires no very high degree of education to convince them of this. They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”

“I came to New York when I was 21, 22. I couldn't speak English. I knew I wanted to go to fashion school.”

“A good stack of examples, as large as possible, is indispensable for a thorough understanding of any concept,and when I want to learn something new, I make it my first job to build one.”

“A championship contender in the early twentieth century needed charisma and a knack for cultivating sponsorship, and Rubinstein was the epitome of the shy and unsocial chess player. Now matter how great his chess skills, he lacked the people skills to be a self-promoter and fund-raiser.”

“Cruelty is easy, cheap and rampant.”

“I bear my humble witness to you that the great God of heaven will open doors and means in a way we never would have supposed, to help all those who truly want a years supply…All we have to do is to decide, commit to it, and then keep the commitment. Miracles will take place…”

“The observant Jew has his own sense of values. Torah Judaism is his blueprint for this life, his target for existence.”

Source : Meir Kahane (1973). “Meir Kahane--writings (5732-33): Selected Writings by Meir Kahane from the Year 5732-33 (1971-73).”

“I am a still friend with Dave Crosby, he's a weird duck but I like him a lot.”

“You offer a sincere compliment on a great mustache and suddenly she's not your friend.”

“Sensitivity and money are like parallel lines. They don't meet.”