Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Shimon Peres: former Israeli President, dead at 93

~One of Israel's
defining political figures
and a Nobel peace prize laureate~

1 comment:

  1. Tonight our Pond Family honors Shimon Peres, a man who knew how to lead his country, and how to love his country.

    Here are some of his quotes:

    "If a problem has no solution, it may not be a problem, but a fact - not to be solved, but to be coped with over time."

    "The most important thing in life is to dare. The most complicated thing in life is to be afraid. The smartest thing in the world is to try to be a moral person."

    "The United States is the only power in history that became great by giving and not by taking."

    "The Jews' greatest contribution to history is dissatisfaction! We're a nation born to be discontented. Whatever exists we believe can be changed for the better."

    "Sometimes people ask me, ‘What is the greatest achievement you have reached in your lifetime or that you will reach in the future?’ So I reply that there was a great painter named Mordecai Ardon, who was asked which picture was the most beautiful he had ever painted. Ardon replied, ‘The picture I will paint tomorrow.’ That is also my answer."

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