#cult

Most American Jews came from the lower middle classes, and therefore they brought with them not a lot of Jewish culture. The American Jewish story starts with Ellis Island, and the candy store in the Bronx. ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

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What are you going to do to preserve a tradition that is the peculiar and unique culture that Judaism inculcates? The American Jewish community is not going to survive by lining up against its common enemy. ↗

— Arthur Hertzberg

#american #common #common enemy #community #culture

A test of a people is how it behaves toward the old. It is easy to love children. Even tyrants and dictators make a point of being fond of children. But the affection and care for the old, the incurable, the helpless are the true gold mines of a culture. ↗

— Abraham Joshua Heschel

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It'd be nice to make lots of money but it's quite difficult, because every time I make lots of money I make a bigger piece that costs lots of money. ↗

— Damien Hirst

#because #bigger #costs #difficult #every

Being Indian is not blood as much as it is culture. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#blood #culture #indian #much

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world? ↗

— James Hillman

#away #being #car #children #competitive

Respect for self is the beginning of cultivating virtue in men and women. ↗

— Gordon B. Hinckley

#cultivating #men #men and women #respect #self

An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#difficulty #empty #forcing #head #hence

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#difficult #exaggerate #influence #influenced #those

Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help. ↗