Inspirational Quotes by Joshua L. Liebman (American Jewish Rabbi)

We achieve inner health only through forgiveness—the forgiveness not only of others but also of ourselves.
—Joshua L. Liebman
Topics: Forgiveness

Stripped of all their masquerades, the fears of men are quite identical: the fear of loneliness, rejection, inferiority, unmanageable anger, illness and death.
—Joshua L. Liebman
Topics: Fear, Anxiety

The primary joy of life is acceptance, approval, the sense of appreciation and companionship of our human comrades. Many men do not understand that the need for fellowship is really as deep as the need for food, and so they go through life accepting many substitutes for genuine, warm, simple relatedness.
—Joshua L. Liebman
Topics: Joy, Acceptance

Tolerance is the positive and cordial effort to understand another’s beliefs, practices, and habits without necessarily sharing or accepting them.
—Joshua L. Liebman
Topics: Tolerance

Self-understanding rather than self-condemnation is the way to inner peace and mature conscience.
—Joshua L. Liebman

We are the carriers of health and disease – either the divine health of courage and nobility or the demonic diseases of hate and anxiety
—Joshua L. Liebman
Topics: Anxiety, Health

Treasure each other in the recognition that we do not know how long we shall have each other.
—Joshua L. Liebman
Topics: Friendship, Love

Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.
—Joshua L. Liebman
Topics: Maturity

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.
—Joshua L. Liebman
Topics: Serenity

Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.
—Joshua L. Liebman
Topics: Acceptance, Maturity, Stress

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