Heedfulness leads to cleanliness. Cleanliness leads to purity. Purity leads to abstinence. Abstinence leads to holiness. Holiness leads to humility. Humility leads to fear of sin. Fear of sin leads to piety (hasidic). Piety leads to the holy spirit, The holy spirit leads to the resurrection of the day. And the resurrection of the dead comes through Elijah, of blessed memory. -Pinchas ben Yair, Tanna of second century
“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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