Best 16 quotes of Menachem Mendel Schneerson on MyQuotes

Because time itself is like a spiral, something special happens on your birthday each year: The same energy that God invested in you at birth is present once again.

Before the day begins, you are not yet engaged in any physical activities. And it is only physically that you are constrained by the limits of time and place; mentally, there are no such boundaries.

But time is yet another of God's creations, and as such, it has a life of its own.

Drink, eat, jump and dance as much as you can stand tonight, but not too much, because you are fifty now.

Intolerance lies at the core of evil. Not the intolerance that results from any threat or danger. But intolerance of another being who dares to exist. Intolerance without cause. It is so deep within us, because every human being secretly desires the entire universe to himself. Our only way out is to learn compassion without cause. To care for each other simple because that 'other' exists.

One who loves must learn fear. One who fears must learn love. The thinker must do. The doer must think. The pacifist must fight, the fighter must find peace. If you flow as a river, burn as a fire. If you burn as a furnace, flow as a river. If you fly as a bird, sit firm as a rock. If you sit firmly, then fly as a bird. Be a fire that flows. A rock that flies. Love with fear and fear with love. For we are not fire, not water, not air, not rocks, not thoughts, not deeds, not fear, not love. We are G-dly beings.

Our mission on earth is to recognize the void - inside and outside of us - and fill it.

Remember that in a hall of perfect darkness, totally dark, if you light one small candle, its light will be seen from afar; its precious light will be seen by everyone.

So during those first moments of the day, which are yours and yours alone, you can circumvent these boundaries and concentrate fully on spiritual matters. And this gives you the opportunity to plan the time management of the entire day.

There is no need to accept the standards of the world at large.

This is the key to time management - to see the value of every moment.

We are always rushing to an appointment or trying to meet a deadline.

We have been conditioned to see the passing of time as an adversary.

When the soul is starved for nourishment, it lets us know with feelings of emptiness, anxiety, or yearning

When you waste a moment, you have killed it in a sense, squandering an irreplaceable opportunity. But when you use the moment properly, filling it with purpose and productivity, it lives on forever.

Without question, the material world and your everyday needs distract you from living meaningfully.