"One does not tire of counting diamonds."
– The Lubavitcher Rebbe, when asked how he could stand on his feet for hours greeting the thousands who came to see him
Your Daily Dose of Jewish Wisdom:
You can live in a palace filled with treasures and still be poor. To be wealthy, you must own the things you have.
So the mind: You may have all the knowledge and ideas in the world, but you are still poor until they have become part of you.
"In that generation the women repaired what the men broke down. The men gave their gold for the making of the Calf; the women refused. The men had been unwilling to enter the Land; the women petitioned to receive an inheritance in the Land."
– Midrash Rabbah (on Numbers 27:1)