Saturday Meditations

Proverbs -
The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when he speaks.

Yiddish Proverb-
What you don't see with your eyes, don't invent with your mouth.

Yiddish proverb -
A hero is someone who can keep his mouth shut when he is right.

Yiddish Proverb-
One old friend is better than twelve new ones.

Yiddish Proverb-One of life's greatest mysteries is how the boy who wasn't good enough to marry your daughter can be the father of the smartest grandchild in the world.

Jewish Proverb-
"Don't be so humble - you are not that great."

Golda Meir -
Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

Golda Meir-
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.

Albert Einstein-
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

Albert Einstein-
When his wife asked him to change clothes to meet the German ambassador, Albert Einstein said "If they want to see me, here I am. If they want to see my clothes, open my closet and show them my suits."

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Albert Einstein -
The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax.

Albert Einstein -
You can't control the wind, but you can adjust your sails.

Yiddish proverb -
Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Sign hanging in Einstein's office at Princeton -
We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them .

Albert Einstein -
Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.

Albert Einstein -Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Some thoughts to mull and meditate over - from my beloved Jewish friend. Again, the serenity prayer comes to mind for me.

The Serenity Prayer

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference.

Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things right if I surrender to His Will; That I may be reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with Him Forever in the next. men.
--Reinhold Niebuhr

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