Abraham Joshua Heschel commented on the most historic and sacred stories in Jewish history -- the Stone Tablets Moses brought down from Mount Sinai. The Torah states that they were, "written by the finger of God." Yet Moses smashed them - these holy stones - when he saw the people worshipping the golden calf.
“To say the right thing at the right time, keep still most of the time.” John W. Roper Those who get in trouble most often are those cannot seem to keep still, remain silent. Life teaches many lessons. Among the best lessons of life is one my father taught me at an early age was, “If you have nothing nice to say, say nothing.” The contributions we make to life via our mouth are many and varied. Most of the time, I reckon, they are not contributions at all, but things that diminish the richness of life.
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