Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch: Near the end of his life when he was in frail health, he vacationed in the Swiss Alps. His students, thinking it rather strange and impulsive, asked him, "Why the Alps, and why now?" He replied, "I have this feeling that when I die and I'm summoned before God to account for my behavior, God will ask me, Did you see My Alps?"
“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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