Quotations

"Talk doesn't cook rice."

— Chinese Proverb

"Corn can't expect justice from a court composed of chickens."

— African proverb

"It is in the shelter of each other that people live."

— Irish proverb

"The spirit of man is the lamp of God."

— Proverbs 27:20

"The righteous will fall seven times and rise again."

— Proverbs 24:16

"If I try to be like him, who will be like me?"

— Yiddish proverb

"Write you sorrows in sand and etch your joys in stone."

— Chinese proverb

"Whether you stir garbage clockwise or counterclockwise it is still garbage. Better to stop stirring and spend your energy stirring pearls of goodness."

— Hasidic proverb

"There is no free cheese except in a mousetrap."

— English proverb

"Two things people throughout history have had in common are hatred and humor. I am proud that I have been able to use humor to lessen people's hatred."

— Richard Pryor, American comedian, born December 1, 1940

"If I thought about it, I could be bitter, but I don't feel like being bitter. Being bitter makes you immobile, and there's too much that I still want to do."

— Richard Pryor, American comedian, died December 10, 2005

"If I say, Surely the darkness shall cover me; even the night shall be light about me. Yea, the darkness hideth not from thee; but the night shineth as the day: the darkness and the light are both alike to thee."

— Psalm 139:11–12, Other translations: If I say, “Surely darkness will conceal me, night will provide me with cover, & 12: darkness is not dark for You; night is as light as day; darkness and light are the same. But even darkness is not dark for You; night is as bright as the day, and light and dark are all the same.

"For with You is the source of life, in Your light, we see light."

— Psalm 36:10

"Taste and see that God is good."

— Psalm 34:8