"As a Driven Leaf" Quotes
A historical novel about the life of Elisha ben Abuyah, a Talmudic scholar who struggles with faith and reason in ancient Judea.
historical fiction | 480 pages | Published in NaN
Quotes
We are not responsible for the world that we did not make, but we are responsible for the world in which we live.
It is better to follow a hard path which has been put before you than to carve out an easier one which was never intended for you.
If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I?
A man's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.
The world was built in a way that would destroy the weak, and the weak were meant to be destroyed.
It's not what we have been through in our life that defines who we are, it's how we deal with it.
Blessed are you, the man who has found his work; let him ask no other blessedness.
The saddest thing in the world is to see the light of day and not live in it.
To be great is to be misunderstood.
The only way to deal with the past is to accept that it is gone.
