The First Mrs. Rothschild Quotes

“Submitting to a quick nap after a few tasks are completed is the most prominent one. The midday nap is my newest ritual, and now that I have learned the pleasure of slipping into sleep in the afternoon, I will never give it up again.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“People do not tend to dig deeper and ascertain the truthfulness of rumors.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“If my busy schedule will not allow me to declare daily just how much I love you, I hereby declare in advance my great love for you on this day and on every day that follows. Please remember this whenever your soul desires words of love and affection when I am not at your side.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“Where they burn books, they will also burn people,”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“I fear the outburst of the barbarian spirit hidden within the German people. Burning books is a sign of things to come. Where they burn books, they will also burn people.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“My old age might wrinkle my skin, but boredom would wrinkle my soul.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“may her memory be a blessing,”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“Old age carries some advantages that youth does not. Every passing day grants us another point of wisdom. Those who reach grand old age have so many points to their name.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“The eulogies were spoken silently in the eyes of his many friends who had come to say goodbye. When people cry over a righteous man, the Lord counts the tears and keeps them in His treasure trove.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“All the words of comfort cannot console a grieving soul.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“There are times when all the words we know cannot come together to properly express the turmoil in our hearts. The heart has its own language, and no verbal communication can give it full expression. Spoken language is superficial by its very attempt to make itself suitable for all people. But the language of the heart is personal, and contains a singular inner gurgling belonging to its owner and understood by him or her alone. It cannot be shared. Only two souls that have come together can conduct a dialogue of the hearts, understood by the two of them alone.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“We must continue to pay the tax. We must accept the allotment of prohibitions enforced upon us for generations, such as the prohibition against sitting at cafes, or crossing central squares in town, or, at the public bathhouse, touching towels that were imprinted with the words “Christians Only,” as if we were lepers. I wonder what those Christians have that we don’t. Or should I ask, what is it about us that seems so wrong to them? I suppose we ought to remind them what their esteemed origins are. They worship Jesus, their savior. Was he not one of us? If they take offense with circumcision, they might consider that Jesus was circumcised too. And if that does not change their minds, then I understand nothing.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“What good is regret when it can only serve to prick my heart?”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“But the need for modern education is unavoidable. We mustn’t continue to ignore the new needs of the world, of which we are an inseparable part.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“How easy it is to clean clothes, and how difficult to clean a conscience.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“words without actions are meaningless.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“Had she invited me, she would have experienced with her own Frankfurter eyes and ears a decisive response to the nonsense she lets slip like sneezes, nonsense that is nevertheless accepted by her ingratiating, hypocritical friends as word of God. While we, unlike many others, have escaped the fire with only minimal damage (and I must thank the Lord for once again protecting us), I search my heart and find that I am anything but calm.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“The ink cries, the page is stained with tears.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“In order to speak well, one must only say what is necessary, and nothing more,”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“Love must be expressed before it is too late, through words and actions, while one’s loved ones are alive.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Idleness is the mother of all evil.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“Life, by its nature, occasionally offers unpleasant surprises. Along with the peaks that charge us with energy and motivate us to action, obstacles pop up, blocking our path in the marathon of life, disrupting our routine. Just when we think that all our problems have been resolved, life appears before us, hands defiantly on hips, to replace the old obstacles—the ones we’ve toiled to remove—with new ones.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“God be exalted, the downfalls in our life lead to new heights.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“A man must not pray for evildoers to leave this world. For had the Lord God not sent away Terah, who was an idol worshipper, we would not have had Abraham.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint. Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in deep anguish. I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping, and drench my couch with tears.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“Today is not yesterday. Today is a step toward tomorrow.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild

“written language is more important than spoken language. The written word must be treated with respect.”
― Sara Aharoni, The First Mrs. Rothschild