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Quotes Are Nothing but Inspiration for Man to Read Books of Quotations The Ner Le'Elef Book of Quotations BOOK OF QUOTATIONS Prepared by Ner Le’Elef Publication date 02 December 2012 Permission is granted to reproduce in part or in whole. Profits may not be gained from any such reproductions. This book is updated with each edition and is produced several times a year. Other Ner Le’Elef Booklets currently available: AMERICAN SOCIETY EVOLUTION HOLOCAUST JEWISH RESOURCES LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT ORAL LAW PROOFS QUESTION & ANSWERS SCIENCE AND JUDAISM SOURCES SUFFERING THE CHOSEN PEOPLE THIS WORLD & THE NEXT WOMEN'S ISSUES (Book One) WOMEN'S ISSUES (Book Two) For information on how to order additional booklets, please contact: Ner Le’Elef P.O. Box 14503 Jewish Quarter, Old City, Jerusalem 91145 E-mail: [email protected] Fax #: 972-02-652-6339 Tel #: 972-02-651-0825 BOOK OF QUOTATIONS Table of Contents Ability (see Growth)........................................... 12 Abortion ............................................................. 12 Absence...............................................................12 Abuse.................................................................. 12 Accuracy (see Error)...........................................12 Acting (see also Heroes)..................................... 12 Action (see also Beginning)................................12 Addiction ............................................................13 Adjustment ...................................................... 13 Admission .......................................................... 13 Advertising..........................................................14 Adversity ............................................................14 Advice.................................................................14 Affluence (see Materialism)...............................14 Afterlife...............................................................14 Age/ Aged/ Aging (see also Old Age).................15 Aggressiveness ...................................................15 Ambition............................................................. 15 American diplomat..............................................17 Americans (see also America)............................17 Ancestry.............................................................. 18 Anger (see also Forgiveness)..............................18 Answers ..............................................................18 Anticipation ........................................................18 Anti-Semitism (see also Chosen People, Holocaust).................................................................................18 Anxiety................................................................20 Apathy (see also Growth)..................................20 Appearances .....................................................20 Appeasement.......................................................20 Applause............................................................. 20 Appreciation .......................................................20 Argument............................................................ 21 Arrogance (see Humility, Pride).........................21 Art ...................................................................... 21 Aspiration............................................................22 Assimilation (see also Jewish Identity)...............22 Association .........................................................23 Atheism (see also Faith).....................................23 Attitude .............................................................. 23 Authority ............................................................24 Babies (see Family).............................................25 Balance................................................................25 Beauty................................................................. 25 Becoming (see Growth)...................................... 25 Beginning (see also Action)................................25 Being (see Growth)............................................26 Belief (see also Faith).........................................26 2 Belligerency ....................................................... 26 Bible (see Torah).................................................26 Bigotry................................................................ 27 Birth ................................................................... 27 Books.................................................................. 27 Boredom..............................................................27 Bores................................................................... 27 Broad–Mindedness ............................................27 Brusqueness ....................................................... 28 Builder ................................................................28 Business.............................................................. 28 Candor ................................................................29 Capitalism........................................................... 29 Caricature............................................................29 Career .................................................................29 Cars..................................................................... 29 Cause ..................................................................30 Caution................................................................30 Celebrity (see Fame)...........................................30 Censorship...........................................................30 Certainty..............................................................30 Challenge (see Suffering)...................................30 Change................................................................ 30 Character.............................................................31 Children (see also Family; Education)...............32 Chosen People (see also Anti-Semitism; Jews/Jewry)..............................................................................32 Circumstances ....................................................32 Civilization .........................................................32 Clarity................................................................. 32 Coincidence ........................................................32 Common Sense (see also Wisdom).....................33 Communication ..................................................33 Compassion (see Mercy).....................................33 Conformism ....................................................... 33 Compensation ....................................................33 Compulsion ........................................................33 Condition ............................................................34 Consent .............................................................. 34 Contentment .......................................................34 Convention..........................................................34 Conversion.......................................................... 34 Conviction...........................................................34 Coping.................................................................34 Courage (see also Growth; Perseverance).........34 Creativity/Originality (see also Sensitivity)........35 Credit ..................................................................35 Crime ..................................................................35 Criticism .............................................................35 Curiosity .............................................................36 Cynicism ............................................................ 36 Death (see also Old Age)....................................37 3 Deception ........................................................... 38 Deceit ................................................................. 38 Deception............................................................ 38 Delicacy (see Sensitivity)...................................38 Democracy ......................................................... 38 Difference ..........................................................38 Difficulties.......................................................... 39 Discipline (see also Rights)...............................39 Discovery (see Sensitivity)................................39 Discussion ..........................................................39 Disposition.......................................................... 40 Dogmatism..........................................................40 Doubt (see also Faith)......................................... 40 Dreams / Dreamers ............................................40 Dress .................................................................. 41 Duty (see Rights)................................................ 41 Ecology .............................................................. 42 Education (see also Wisdom)..............................42 Effort................................................................... 44 Egocentricity (see Giving).................................44 Elderly (see Old Age)..........................................44 Emotion...............................................................44 Enemies ..............................................................44 Enthusiasm .........................................................44 Environment .......................................................44 Equality (see also Freedom, Rights)...................44
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