LEON'S FAVORITE QUOTES
Leon's favorite quotes and quotes of others collected by him
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Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the temple of the God of Jacob. He will teach us his ways, so that we may walk in his paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. Isaiah 2:3
Always be willing to let go of the life you had planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for you. quoted by Candy
"Truth is incontrovertible. Panic may resent it, ignorance may deride it, malice may distort it, but there it is." - Winston Churchill
"Mass murderer in Norway gets 99.5 days in prison per victim"
"scary but it would help if other nations make sure that this guy stays in Norway and never enters another country." Ed Morrissey
If clerics can hold forth from pulpits, move crowds to be violent in religion's name, they shd also be able to move crowds to be peaceful.
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"you move to violence by blaming someone for nonsense. You move people to peace by not blaming anyone." Leon Gork
"Jesus was not the saviour of the Jews neither was he their king or god." Leon Gork
Social order is maintained by the spread of myths which Plato calls "Noble LIes and maimonides calls "necessary and useful beliefs."
worries take up too much thinking space in my brain and I am very worried about its capacity. Leon Gork
Jews mourn at the Wailing because the destruction of the temple signified the imminent destruction of the world. Leon Gork
You don’t have to hate someone just because you disagree with him.Leon Gork
the Jews are the guardians of the temple and God will give them back that task. Leon Gork
Moslems will agree to Jewish sovereignty of the Holy Land if they become Moslem. Leon Gork
Gambling is stealing honestly from people prepared to pay for the chance to steal honestly. Leon Gork
God wants to destroy the world but desists because of devout Christians, Jews and Moslems.Leon Gork
Offering animal sacrifices Jews thought they were saving the world from destruction which God was preparing to carry out after Adam's sin. Leon Gork
Israelis have lost patience with the Arabs and aren’t interested in fighting extended wars. Leon Gork
advice for folding bike enthusiasts CAREFULL THAT THE THING DONT FOLD UP WHILE YOU ARE TRAVELING! MOOI BLY. Hanlie Gordon
horses follow the middle of the path humans always walk along the edge. Rabbi of Kotzk
Jewish idealism established the State of Israel to reach for the top of an ideal society. Leon Gork
levels of society are joined to each other, like mountain climbers struggling to reach the peak. Leon Gork
the Garden of Eden is the world we leave behind after we die, our lives are a once in a lifetime opportunity to make it more perfect Leon Gork
to renounce the visible in the interest of the unseen is an enormously difficult task.” The Death of Sigmund Freud Mark Edmundson P.232
why is it important to know that there is a god? won't i be just as happy not knowing that he exists as knowing? Leon Gork
for all to go well, he needed to have a close friend to confide in and a spirited enemy to oppose.Death of Sigmund Freud Mark Edmundson
I've come to the conclusion that the main purpose of writing or doing most things is to give others pleasure. So if I've given you some pleasure I have been rewarded for my efforts, which I confess are quite strenuous.
The animal is capable of achieving pure joy because it can't think. I am capable of achieving it because I can think.
My tours in Jerusalem and Israel are the closest one can come in Israel to the situation in Hyde Park, where everyone can speak his mind freely.