Jacob's journey : wisdom to find the way, strength to carry on / Noah BenShea.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

BenShea, Noah.

Contributor:

The Library of Chaim Potok (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bakers--Fiction.

Bakers.

Bakeries--Fiction.

Bakeries.

Conduct of life--Fiction.

Conduct of life.

Genre:

Fiction.

Didactic fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Potok, Adena (donor) (Potok Collection copy)

Potok, Chaim (inscription) (Potok Collection copy)

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages, xx, 116 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Edition:

[First edition].

Place of Publication:

[New York] : Villard Books [a division of Random House, Inc.], [1991]

Contents:

Hope for the best; make peace with the rest

Because each of us is alone in our journey, we sometimes pack our fears for company

Fear begins before we begin

Any moment grows louder when surrounded by silence

A fool is someone who knows too much to learn anythings

The meaning of life can be found only in the experience of living

Those who know everything usually know less

An open mind is a path to an open heart

Those who love to be right hate to be wrong

Who in our lives are the flowers we see as weeds?

I am sending an angel in front of you to guard you as you go and to guide you to the place I have prepared

When we have lost our way it is not the way that is lost

When we do not achieve our expectations we usually reward ourselves with despair

Change is the only constant

Doing is the way we use action to hide the character we are being

Trust yourself by trusting there is something greater than yourself

We are the painter, the paint, and the painting

What we see in others is another way of looking at ourselves

Wherever we stop on our journey the first person we will meet is ourself

Wisdom belongs to those who can grasp it

Taking a moment expans time

Telling the truth the way we want to hear it is often the way we lie to ourselves

The challenge is not to die heroically but to live bravely

Are God's fingerprints

Those who have everything dream of new appetites

Faith parts the sea; a fool pushes the river

It is not that life is a jungle, but that the jungle is part of life

Those who do not bend, break

Insecurity is a ladder to doubt

Because we live with questions does not mean we die with answers

Finding our way is not the same as finding the strength to carry on

Reality is only a memory ahead of its time

Sometimes we must leave our house in order to come home.

Notes:

"First Edition."

"Illustrations by Stephen Alcorn."

Local Notes:

Potok Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Chaim Potok.

Potok Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Potok Collection copy inscribed "For Chaim Potok - 'A friend is someone who allows you distance but is never far away.'--Jacob in friendship 10/91".

Other Format:

Online version: BenShea, Noah. Jacob's journey.

ISBN:

0394589904 :

9780394589909

OCLC:

23144506

Online:

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