Milton Selzer: Messenger

Quotes 

• Messenger : I should like to tell you a parable. One time, there came before the rabbi a rich man, but also an accomplished miser; they often go together. The rabbi took the thrifty man by the hand, took him to a window and said,"Look." The rich man looked out on the street, and the rabbi said, "What do you see?" And the rich man said, "I see people." Again the rabbi took him by the hand and led him to a mirror, and said, "What do you see now?" And the rich man said, "I see myself." But now the rabbi said to him, "Pay attention. The window was glass, and then the mirror was glass. But the glass of the mirror is silvered. And as soon as it is silvered, you stop seeing people and you see only yourself."

  Meyer : Sweeter than honey! Holy words!