Culture

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

If one could only teach the English how to talk, and the Irish how to listen, society here would be quite civilized.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Winston Churchill

A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.

A people without history is like the wind on the buffalo grass.

Lakota Sioux proverbs

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

German proverbs

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against.

I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against.

Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

Every year during their High Holy Days, the Jewish community reminds us all of our need for repentance and forgiveness.

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Knowledge of the past and of the places of the earth is the ornament and food of the mind of man.

Leonardo da Vinci

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder.

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

Next to the Word of God, the noble art of music is the greatest treasure in the world.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

Education is the transmission of civilization.

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

To walk through the ruined cities of Germany is to feel an actual doubt about the continuity of civilization.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.

It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready to put me in a ghetto. In fact, I kind of like it.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.

Saint Augustine

I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.

I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts.