Genesis 1:3
The birds they sang
At the break of day
Start again
I heard them say
Do not dwell on what
Has passed away
Or what is yet to be
Ring the bells that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That’s how the light gets in
Leonard Cohen, Anthem
The higher and more distant the ideal,
the greater its power
to exalt the soul.
Ahad Ha’am
The soul of man is the candle of God.
Proverbs 20:27
Ten measures of beauty descended upon the world; nine were taken by Jerusalem.
Talmud, Kiddushin
