Saturday, March 3, 2012
Rachel Rabinowitz
“She [Rachel] was the five senses, and she led one into a sharper state of awareness—an almost extrasensory response.”
Rachel Rabinowitz loved learning. She was never deterred in her desire to improve her mind. This led her to challenge conventional thinking. She had a keen sense of humor, coupled with the ability to delight everyone with original, pithy, witty phrases that came from her wide range of experiences throughout the world.
Rachel was an avid reader and a voracious seeker of knowledge. Although she worked hard with her small body and great mind (five feet tall and 100 pounds brimming with energy), she always made time to read—if not during the day, at least in bed at night before falling asleep. She loved to share the knowledge she gained. This credo has been a guiding light in the writing of this book
Examples of Her Wit, Wisdom, and Insights:
To see mankind in one child
And with war be reviled.
To hold the future in your arms
And in everyone find charms.
Whenever possible to avoid strife.
These are true purposes in life.
Opinions are expendable, but life and love are not. When you have love, you don't need anything else.
I am not getting old. I'm only getting seasoned.
At one time everybody thought that the world was flat.
Then they decided that it is round.
Today we all know that it is crooked.
For some people a kiss is upstairs bargaining for downstairs shopping.
One needs education to serve others as well as yourself. But education without purpose is like a ship without a rudder, carrying a cargo of never to be read books.
God let's the laws He created do the micromanaging.
There are all too few helping hands, and all too many obstacles that lead to life's failures. That is why life contains more trials and tribulations than triumphs.
What's the answer to war – hot or cold?
We must embrace both – so we are told.
To deny this is bold.
But we'll not be sold.
Not because we are old.
We just don't fit the mold.
A memory is as faithful to us as we are to the memory.
The beauty of humanity is that we are alike in general and yet each of us is different. We are like beautiful flowers that differ in fragrance, appearance, and purpose.
At times life is beyond our control.
Life also seems useless without a goal.
Don't blame anyone for feeling despondent
When fate keeps you from being resplendent.
Whenever I'm dreary with such despair,
I beseech God with Reinhold Niebuhr's prayer.
A mature person bears injustices without anger or wanting to get even. Don't let others change you from what you are in the face of inequities. Be good in your own right. When people treat you badly, even though it really hurts, don't retaliate.
In Plato's Republic, democracy was the second worst form of government—just below tyranny. Plato considered democracy to be vulnerable to mob rule that could easily become tyranny if a rabble-rouser convinced the mob that he could give them what they want. This is how Hitler came into power.
The history of civilization shows that more civilized people are more consistent.
Yet consistency is not only not inherent in human nature, it is not inherent in all living things.
The more we know, the more ways there are to combine knowledge and facts. It is not obvious that this will lead to a convergence of knowledge. It may also lead to a divergence.
Product Name: Rachel, The Little Lady that Could: Her Life, Wisdom, Wit, Poetry, and Singular Insights. eBooks. Kindle Edition. Manufacturer: Mario Rabinowitz. ASIN: B005QV5AT4. Price: $3.99
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