Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them. Leo Rosten More Quotes by Leo Rosten More Quotes From 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 happinessinspirationallife What's green, hangs on a wall and whistles? [A Herring] Leo Rosten wallgreen I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong. Leo Rosten loverelationshiplife Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. Leo Rosten hearthappyhappiness 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 simpleplaychildren The purpose of life is not to be happy, the purpose of life is to matter. Leo Rosten thoughtfulpurposekindness 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-differencedifferencespurpose 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 longpastthinking If at first you don't succeed, before you try again, stop to figure out what you did wrong. Leo Rosten succeedtryingfirsts Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty. Leo Rosten wealthpovertymoney Words must surely be counted among the most powerful drugs man ever invented. Leo Rosten drugpowerfulmen Thinking is harder work than hard work. Leo Rosten harderhard-workthinking 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 learninglifemoving 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 philosophicalsightheart 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 communityfoodyears Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them. Leo Rosten communicationmeanthinking I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe. Leo Rosten atheismbelievepeople People say: idle curiosity. The one thing that curiosity cannot be is idle. Leo Rosten idlecuriositypeople Humor is the affectionate communication of insight. Leo Rosten communicationhumorplay
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