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Daily Thought

Dark Paths of Wisdom

If there were streetlamps along the path of wisdom, who would discover the hidden treasure?
Opponents

Their power comes from your fear of them.
Who’s First?

If G-d was only a little smarter than me, He wouldn’t be my G-d.
Unnecessary Evil

The same stern word that for one child is a medicine, for another is a poison.
Three Stages of Higher Life

Out of your struggle with your inner beast shines an intense, great light.
Tuned In

Tune up your soul. Good things enter when you're on the right channel.
Tree, o' tree, with what can I bless you? That your fruit should be sweet? Your fruit is sweet. That your shade should be plentiful? Your shade is plentiful. That a stream of water should run beneath you? Water runs beneath you. The one thing left for me to bless you is: May all the plantings from your seed be like you!
— Talmud, Taanit 5b
Print Magazine

Creativity is an exercise in paradox.

On the one hand, creativity is the artist’s expression of self.

Yet, on the other hand, the artist must remove himself from his art, with discipline and with skill, so that his creation will appear real, as though it has a life of its own.

Creation of a universe from the void ...

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