9 Quotes by Haim Shapira

It is not really hard to do nothing. Many can. The hard part is doing nothing without feeling guilty about it.

Between the natural way and the path of grace there is a deep abyss. It is in that gap that we live our lives as a giant struggle between good and evil, Satan and God, despair and love. Whenever despair wins, it is the natural way. Whenever love wins, it is a moment of grace. When love is victorious and defeats despair completely, you've reached the path of grace.

Ordinary people who live their lives peacefully, whose days gently resemble each other, may happen one day to stop and wonder why and what for do they do the things they do and have been doing for so many years?

Quando cerchiamo di ingannare gli altri, a volte ci riusciamo, a volte no. Ma quando cerchiamo di ingannare noi stessi le nostre percentuali di successo sono eccezionali e in continua ascesa.

Solo chi guarda la realtà con occhi da bambino può ancora provare stupore e meraviglia per quella cosa incredibile che si chiama Vita.

Uno dei criteri per definire il genio è forse la capacità di accettare che i confini della propria immaginazione differiscano da quelli del mondo. E' questa capacità che spinge a oltrepassare i confini noti e che apre la mente.

The party that’s mentally prepared to fail has a huge advantage.

Who is rich? He who rejoices in his portion. Ethics.

In a lecture I attended once, the speaker concluded by saying that now we were all 90 minutes closer to death. People in the audience chuckled, but the speaker remarked, quite angrily, that what he said was actually rather sad. The passing of time is a deep and sad truth that no man or woman can change.