Leo Rosten Professions : Teacher Born : April 11, 1908 Died : February 19, 1997 Browse All Authors Top 62 quotes by Leo Rosten We see things as we are, not as they are. Leo Rosten appearance I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all. Leo Rosten happiness inspirational life What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles? [A Herring] Leo Rosten wall green I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. Leo Rosten love relationship life Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. Leo Rosten heart happy happiness O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales. Leo Rosten simple play children The purpose of life is not to be happy, the purpose of life is to matter. Leo Rosten thoughtful purpose kindness The purpose of life is to matter, to be productive, to have it make a difference that you lived at all-using the talents that God has given you for the betterment of others. Leo Rosten making-a-difference differences purpose I sometimes think there is a dimension beyond the four of experience and Einstein: insight, that fifth dimension which promises to liberate us from bondage to the long, imperfect past Leo Rosten long past thinking If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong. Leo Rosten succeed trying firsts Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty. Leo Rosten wealth poverty money Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented. Leo Rosten drug powerful men Thinking is harder work than hard work. Leo Rosten harder hard-work thinking You can learn much about life from a checker game: surrender one to take two; don't make two moves at one time; move up, not down; and when you reach the top, you may move as you like. Leo Rosten learning life moving Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind. Leo Rosten philosophical sight heart The first printed mention of bagels... is to be found in the Community Regulations of Kracow, Poland, for the year 1610 which stated that bagels would be given as a gift to any woman in childbirth. Leo Rosten community food years Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them. Leo Rosten communication mean thinking I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe. Leo Rosten atheism believe people People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle. Leo Rosten idle curiosity people Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. Leo Rosten communication humor play Similar Authors Anne Sullivan Macy teacher Bilal Philips teacher Bikram Choudhury teacher Benjamin F. Grady teacher Abdullah ibn Mubarak teacher Dennis Banks teacher All Authors
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