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Pride is a deeply rooted ailment of the soul. The penalty is misery; the remedy lies in the sincere, life-long cultivation of humility, which means true self-evaluation and a proper perspective toward past, present and

Pride is a deeply rooted ailment of the soul. The penalty is misery; the remedy lies in the sincere, life-long cultivation of humility, which means true self-evaluation and a proper perspective toward past, present and future.

Robert Gordis
Lying, Mean, Humility

... what counts in life usually cannot be counted.

Robert Gordis
Life, Inspire
Robert Gordis (1960). “A Faith for Moderns”

Institutions are essential in order to preserve the achievement of the past, but the original creative impulse in every age comes from the amateur, the rebel, the breaker of idols.

Robert Gordis
Creativity, Past, Order
Robert Gordis (1960). “A Faith for Moderns”

... on every important issue life transcends logic and it is folly to depend on reason alone.

Robert Gordis
Life, Issues, Important
Robert Gordis (1960). “A Faith for Moderns”

Those humble but indomitable workers, to whom later generations referred by the collective name of Baale Masorah, Masters of Tradition, performed in obscurity their Herculean task of guarding the Biblical Text against loss or variation.

Robert Gordis
Humble, Loss, Biblical
Robert Gordis (1971). “The Biblical text in the making: a study of the kethib-qere”, Ktav Pub Inc

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