Seeds Must Be Sown Everywhere

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Seeds must be sown everywhere. Only some will bear fruit. But there would not be the fruit from the few had the many not been sown. ~ Chaim Potok

Honest Differences

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Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship. ~ Chaim Potok

The Chosen by Chaim Potok

Estimated Reading Time 1 MinutesThis is one of my all time favorite books. I first discovered it when I was in 6th grade, and have reread it many times since…

The Chosen by Chaim Potok

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I learned a long time ago, Reuven, that a blink of an eye in itself is nothing. But the eye that blinks, that is something. A span of life is nothing. But the man who lives that span, he is something. He can fill that tiny span with meaning, so its quality is immeasurable though its quantity may be insignificant. Do you understand what I am saying? A man must fill his life with meaning, meaning is not automatically given to life.