Notable Quotes
Simon ben Zoma is best known for coining the phrases:
"Ben Zoma would say: Who is a wise man? He who learns from every man. As is stated (Psalms 119:99): "From all my teachers I have grown wise"; Who is a Hero? He who controls his impulses. As is stated (Proverbs 16:32), "Better one who is slow to anger than one with might, one who rules his spirit than the captor of a city."; Who is a rich man? He who is happy with his portion. As is stated (Psalms 128:2): "If you eat of toil of your hands, fortunate are you, and good is to you"; "fortunate are you" in this world, "and good is to you" in the World to Come; Who is an honorable man? He who honors his fellow man; As is stated (I Samuel 2:30): "For to those who honor me, I accord honor; those who scorn me shall be demeaned;". —Pirkei Avot, Chapter 4aRead more about this topic: Simeon Ben Zoma
Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or quotes:
“Every notable advance in technique or organization has to be paid for, and in most cases the debit is more or less equivalent to the credit. Except of course when it’s more than equivalent, as it has been with universal education, for example, or wireless, or these damned aeroplanes. In which case, of course, your progress is a step backwards and downwards.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It’s exciting. It stimulates more progress. Nevertheless, growth is not constant and smooth. Erik Erikson quotes an aphorism to describe the formless forming of it. “I ain’t what I ought to be. I ain’t what I’m going to be, but I’m not what I was.””
—Stella Chess (20th century)