"Joy's a subtil elf. I think man's happiest when he forgets himself."

said, “In the hereafter each man will be asked to explain why he abstained from those normal pleasures of life to which he was entitled.” Songs, dancing, wine in moderation, feasts with one’s friends, games for children and young people, courtship in the spring and caressing children were occupations, Rabbi Asher said, which brought joy to life, an

For reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction.

Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.