I love the story of the rabbi who sent his disciple to learn from a fellow rabbi. When the disciple asked what he should learn, what parts of Torah, the teacher answered: "I am sending you to learn from him — not words of Torah, but how he ties his shoelaces!" It's the details, the small daily things which we learn from our role models, not necessarily book knowledge, which we can glean for our own lives. —Dov Peretz Elkins More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email