Joshua L. Liebman Quotes

There Is Too Much Undissolved Wrath And Punishment In Most Religions.

Maturity Is Achieved When A Person Accepts Life As Full Of Tension.

Excessive Competitiveness, Anxiety, Hostility, Suspiciousness, All Originate In The Nursery Years. That Is Why, If We Want A World Of Peace And Not Violence, Love And Not Hate, Cooperation And Not Murder, Justice And Not Selfishness, We Have To Learn How To Make Childhood More Happy. No Nobler Task Could Be Pursued By Our Generation.

In This Vast Universe There Is But One Supreme Truth- That God Is Our Friend! By That Truth Meaning Is Given To The Remote Stars, The Numberless Centuries, The Long And Heroic Struggle Of Mankind . . . O My Soul, Dare To Trust This Truth! Dare To Rest In God's Kindly Arms, Dare To Look Confidently Into His Face, Then Launch Thyself Into Life Unafraid! Knowing Thou Art Within My Father's House, That Thou Art Surrounded By His Love, Thou Wilt Become Master Of Fear, Lord Of Life, Conqueror Even Of Death!

God Hears No Sweeter Music Than The Cracked Chimes Of The Courageous Human Spirit Ringing In Imperfect Acknowledgement Of His Perfect Love.

The Quest For This Unwearied Peace Is Constant And Universal. Probe Deeply Into The Teaching Of Buddha, Maimonides, Or A Kempis, And You Will Discover That They Base Their Diverse Doctrines On The Foundation Of A Large Spiritual Serenity. Analyze The Prayers Of Troubled, Overborne Mankind Of All Creeds, In Every Age-and Their Petitions Come Down To The Irreducible Common Denominators Of Daily Bread And Inward Peace. Grown Men Do Not Pray For Vain Trifles. When They Lift Up Their Hearts And Voices In The Valley Of Tears They Ask For Strength And Courage And Understanding.

We Are The Carriers Of Health And Disease - Either The Divine Health Of Courage And Nobility Or The Demonic Diseases Of Hate And Anxiety

Let Us Learn To Accept Ourselves-accept The Truth That We Are Capable In Some Directions And Limited In Others, That Genius Is Rare, That Mediocrity Is A Portion Of Almost All Of Us, But That We Can Contribute From The Storehouse Of Our Skills To The Enrichment Of Our Common Life.

Self-understanding Rather Than Self-condemnation Is The Way To Inner Peace And Mature Conscience.

Stripped Of All Their Masquerades, The Fears Of Men Are Quite Identical: The Fear Of Loneliness, Rejection, Inferiority, Unmanageable Anger, Illness And Death.

Maturity Is Achieved When A Person Accepts Life As Full Of Tension; When He Does Not Torment Himself With Childish Guilt Feelings, But Avoids Tragic Adult Sins; When He Postpones Immediate Pleasures For The Sake Of Long-term Values.... Our Generation Must Be Inspired To Search For That Maturity Which Will Manifest Itself In The Qualities Of Tenacity, Dependability, Co-operativeness And The Inner Drive To Work And Sacrifice For A Nobler Future Of Mankind.

A Love Of Neighbor Manifests Itself In The Tolerance Not Only Of Opinions Of Others But, What Is More Important, Of The Essence And Uniqueness Of Others, When We Subscribe To That Religious Philosophy Of Life That Insists That God Has Made Each Man And Woman An Individual Sacred Personality Endowed With A Specific Temperament, Created With Differing Needs, Hungers, Dreams. This Is A Variegated, Pluralistic World Where No Two Stars Are The Same And Every Snowflake Has Its Own Distinctive Pattern. God Apparently Did Not Want A Regimented World Of Sameness.