This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
No matter how one's heart aches, one can do the necessary things and do them well.
It’s not the things that can be bought that are life’s richest treasures. It’s priceless little courtesies that money cannot measure. Each little act of graciousness or kindly little favor that fills the heart with gratitude leaves memories to savor.
Character | Gratitude | Heart | Life | Life | Little | Money |
The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite’s dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.
Liberty is not to be found in any form of government, she is in the heart of the free man, he bears her with him everywhere.
Character | Government | Heart | Liberty | Man |
Isaac Halevi Satanov, fully Isaac ben Moses Halevi Satanov
The beginning of research is curiosity, its essence is discernment, and its goal truth and justice.
Beginning | Character | Curiosity | Discernment | Justice | Research | Truth |
Jung said the truth of the matter is that the shadow is ninety percent gold. Whatever has been repressed holds a tremendous amount of energy, with a great positive potential. So the shadow, no matter how troublesome it may be, is not intrinsically evil. The ego, in its refusal of insight and its refusal to accept the entire personality, contributes much more to evil than the shadow.
Character | Ego | Energy | Evil | Gold | Insight | Personality | Truth |
We shall seek the truth and endure the consequences.
Character | Consequences | Truth |
Self-approbation, when founded in truth and a good conscience, is a source of some of the purest joys known to man.