The Talmud quotes\:

The highest form of wisdom is kindness”

You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think”

There are stars who's light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen appart. There are people
who's remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in
our darkest nights on the road we must follow.”

If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools”

When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.”

Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, 'Grow, grow.'”

Doubt cannot override a certainty”

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever
rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world”

Do not decide that someone is good until you see how he or she acts at home”

Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.”

“A person who seeks help for a friend, while needy himself, will be answered first”

Who is wise? One who learns from all.”

The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.”

Make your books your companions”

“Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion”

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.”

If one man says to thee, ''Thou art a donkey',' pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a
saddle.”

The Divine Spirit does not reside in any except the joyful heart”

“Examine the contents, not the bottle”

Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.”

For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of the harvest.”

“To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong”

Silence (in court) may be equivalent to confession”

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 “When a scholar goes to seek out a bride he should take along an ignoramus as an expert”

Breed not a savage dog, nor permit a loose stairway”

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only
while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives - they go only as far as the grave and leave him
there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond th”

Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.”

He who is without a wife dwells without blessing, life, joy, help, good, and peace”

A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have
enjoyed but did not.”

Hire yourself out to work, which is beneath you, rather than become dependent on others”

“God couldn't be everywhere, so he created mothers”

Pride is the mask of one's own faults.”

God is closest to those with broken hearts.”

Loneliness breaks the spirit.”

Never trust the man who tells you all his troubles but keeps from you all his joys”

When you have no choice, mobilize the spirit of courage”

Do not ask questions of fairy tales”

What soap is for the body, tears are for the soul.”

I ask not for a lighter burden, but for broader shoulders.”

Against stupidity; God Himself is helpless.”

Taxes grow without rain”

“Loose tongues are worse than wicked hands.”

Pray that you will never have to bear all that you are able to endure.”

In a restaurant choose a table near a waiter”

No one is as deaf as the man who will not listen.”

What you give for the cause of charity in health is gold; what you give in sickness is silver;
what you give after death is lead”

When a habit begins to cost money, it's called a hobby.”

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 The man who gives little with a smile gives more than the man who gives much with a frown.”

Prepare your proof before you argue”

It is easier to guard a sack full of fleas than a girl in love.”

“You don't need intelligence to have luck, but you do need luck to have intelligence.”

When two divorced people marry, four people get into bed”

The good fellow to everyone is a good friend to no one.”

Locks keep out only the honest.”

He that does not bring up his son to some honest calling and employment, brings him up to be a
thief.”

With much wealth comes many worries.”

Do not make yourself so big, you are not so small.”

One should not stand at the foot of a sick person's bed, because that place is reserved for the
guardian angel”

Man drives, but the Creator holds the reins”

If your hart is bitter, sugar in your mouth will not help”

If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.”

“What you don't see with your eyes, don't witness with your mouth.”

In choosing a friend, go up a step.”

A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing.”

Man thinks, God laughs”

I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes -- until I met a man who had no feet.”

If you have money, men think you are wise, handsome, and able to sing like a bird.”

Listen to your enemy, for God is talking.”

Good is the enemy of great!”

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If I knew God, I would be God.”
“Into the well which supplies thee with water, cast no stones”

He that is gentle to the brutal will end up being brutal to the gentle”

Just as the soul fills the body, so God fills the world. Just as the soul bears the body, so God
endures the world. Just as the soul sees but is not seen, so God sees but is not seen. Just as the
soul feeds the body, so God gives food to the world.”

The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.”

A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read.”

How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have
never happened”

Only a fraction of a man's virtues should be enumerated in his presence”

He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who
commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works
are like a shield against calamity.”

The burden is equal to the horse's strength”

Do not attempt to confute a lion after he's dead”

Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it
will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.”

He who promises runs in debt”

The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is
urgent”

Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose
wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure.”

“Tongue in the mouth of woman is one of God's less agreeable blunders”

Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for
Scripture declares him twice blessed”

This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.”

It's the hottest trend in New York, China, Indonesia and New Zealand,”

There is no pity for a man who moans about living in one town and does not move to
another.”
The sacred books should be burned rather than made available to women”

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 “The sun will set without thy assistance.”

An eye for an eye" (Exodus 21:24). But not an eye and a life for an eye.”

Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all
ceremonies.”

A legal decision depends not on the teacher's age, but on the force of his argument”

If one person tell thee that thou hast ass's ears, do not mind it; but if two persons make this
assertion, at once place a packsaddle upon thy back”

The parent who does not teach the child a useful trade is teaching him or her to steal”

Richer is one hour of repentance and good works in this world than all of life of the world
to come; and richer is one hour's calm of spirit in the world to come than all of life of this
world”

Better an ounce from the ground than a pound from the roof”

There are three whose lives are lacking: the over-compassionate, the hot-tempered, and the
too-squeamish”

A bird that you set free may be caught again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return.
A mother understands what a child does not say.
A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.
As he thinks in his heart, so he is.
As you teach, you learn.
Do not be wise in words - be wise in deeds.
First mend yourself, and then mend others.
If not for fear, sin would be sweet.

Make sure to be in with your equals if you're going to fall out with your superiors.

“Who can protest an injustice but does not is an accomplice to the act”

No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.”

“He who loves money will not be satisfied with money”

“Life is so short we must move very slowly.”

“He whose wisdom exceeds his works, to what may he be likened? To a tree whose
branches are numerous but whose roots are few. The wind comes along and uproots it
and sweeps it down.”

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“More people die from over-eating than from undernourishment”

A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished”

“Who is a hero? He who conquers his urges”

Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet”

Torah/Bible/Tanach
"Where God is blasphemed, no respect is due to the Rabbi. " ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"Just as a man does not blush to ask his friend to give him water, so he should not be ashamed to
ask a younger man to teach him Torah." ~~ Tanchuma
"The world stands upon three things: Torah, Worship and Loving Deeds." ~~ Pirke Avot 1:2
"You can't drive away the darkness with sticks or weapons. The only way is to light a candle and
the darkness will disappear by itself. Our candle is the Torah." ~~ The Chofetz Chaim
"The hearts of the parents will return though their children." ~~ Malachi 3:24
"The sons of sages are not always sages---so that no one can think Torah is inherited, and so that
the sages' sons do not hold themselves superior to others." ~~ (adapted from) Sayings of
the Fathers 2:12
"God is everywhere and everything." ~~ Abraham Dov Lebensohn

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"For the Jews the advantage of Hebrew over other languages is that it is the natural garment of
Judaism." ~~ Achad Ha'am
"Arrange the ordinances in order, like a set table." ~~ Akiba, Mekilta
"Teach your children letters, that they may have understanding all their life, reading unceasingly
the law of God." ~~ Apocrypha: Patriarchs,
Levihttp://www.jewishquotations.com/torah-bible-tanach/
"Beloved is Man who was created in the Divine image." ~~ Avot 3:14
"Tradition is a fence for the Torah." ~~ Avot 3:13
"Not the expounding of the Law is the important matter but the doing of it." ~~ Avot 1:17
"You want me to teach you the whole Torah? This is its basic principle: What is hateful to
yourself do not do to your fellow man. If you want no one to harm you, do not harm him;
if you want no one to take what is yours, do not take from him what is his." ~~ Avot
Derabbi Nathan, 27a, Torah/Bible/Tanach
"Turn the Torah and turn it again, for all things are in it!" ~~ Avot 5:22
"There are three crowns: of Torah, of priesthood, and of royalty; but the crown of a good name
surpasses all three." ~~ Avot 4:13
"Engage but little in business and busy yourself with the Torah!" ~~ Avot 4:10
"Who lives happily does his Creator's will." ~~ Baal Shem Tov
"The first man knew it not perfectly, neither will the last search it thoroughly; for its
understanding is wider than the sea and its counsel deeper than the abyss. [Torah] " ~~ Ben
Sira 24: 28,29
"The translator is a commentator, and every commentator also adds something of himself
towards the deepening of the matter, its explanation and emphasis. " ~~ Chaim Nachman
Bialik
"Tradition must be a spring-board into the future, not an arm-chair for repose." ~~ David Ben-
Gurion
"The highest test for the Jewish State will be in its spirit, in its loyalty to the great purposes of the
Prophets as they envisioned for the end of days." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"We have guarded the Book for thousands of years and it has guarded us." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"If you see your fellow's ox or sheep straying, do not ignore it; you must take it back to your
fellow." ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 22:1
"You shall not close your hand against your needy kinsman. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 15:7
"Who loves the Torah will never be sated of it. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) R.
"Man does not live by bread alone. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 8:3
"Thou shalt teach them [commandments] diligently to your children." ~~ Deuteronomy
(Devarim) 6:7
"You shall not desire your neighbor's house, his field, or his manservant or his maidservant, his
ox or his ass, or anything that is your neighbor"s. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 5:18

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"Moses commanded us a Law, heritage of the congregation of Jacob." ~~ Deuteronomy
(Devarim) 33:4
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I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life, that you and your
offspring may live. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 30:19
"Cursed be he that causes a blind man to stray! " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 27:18
"Parents shall not be put to death for their children, nor children for their parents. "
~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 24:16
"Abhor not an Egyptian, for you were a stranger in his land! [Passover/Pesach] "
~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 23:8, Holidays, Justice and Law, Torah/Bible/Tanach
"A woman must not put on a man's apparel, nor shall a man wear woman's clothing. "
~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 22:5
"Residence in Israel is equivalent to the observance of all the Biblical precepts." ~~ Eleazar b.
Shammua
"Without manners no Torah, without Torah no manners." ~~ Eleazar b. Azariah, Mishna: Avot
"Torah should lead to good deeds, not only to faith, not only good intentions." ~~ Elijah
Dellmedigo"On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of
complete rest, holy to the Lord." ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 35:2

"Keep far from a lie!" ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 23:7

"You shall not commit adultery. " ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 20:13
"There shall be one law for the citizen and for the stranger who dwells among you." ~~ Exodus
(Shmot) 12:49
"Do not take bribes, for they blind the clear-eyed and upset the pleas of the just! " ~~ Exodus
(Shmot) 23:8
"There is but one step between me and death. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 20:3
"The Lord sees not as Man sees: Man looks on the outward appearance, but He looks on the
heart. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 16:7
"Man looks to the outward show, but the Lord looks into the heart. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1)
16:7
"The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, or the father for the iniquity of the son; the
righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked
upon him. " ~~ Ezekiel (Yechezkel) 18:20
"Do not make the fence more important than what it fences in! " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.
"In the sweat of your brow you shall eat your bread. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) 3:19
"In pain shall you bear children. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) 3:16
"Three things were given as a gift to the world: the Torah, the stars and rain. " ~~ Genesis
(Bereshit) R.

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"Unity of God, unity of the universe and unity of mankind are the spirit which moves Judaism."
~~ Greenberg
"Cursed be the scholar who adorns not himself with the glory of Torah." ~~ Hai Gaon
"What is hateful to thee, never do to thy fellow man: that is the entire Torah; all the rest is
commentary." ~~ Hillel in Talmud, Shabbat 31a
"The more Torah, the more life." ~~ Hillel in Sayings of the Fathers 2:7
Behold, the Day of the Lord cometh, cruel with wrath and fierce anger, to make the earth a
desolation and to destroy its sinners from it. " ~~ Isaiah (Yesha
"The Torah teaches incidentally good manners." ~~ Ishmael b. Elisha
"The Lord was pleased for His righteousness' sake to make the teaching great and glorious."
~~ Isaiah (Yesha'yahu), Isaiah, Torah/Bible/Tanach
"It is a time of distress for Jacob, yet he shall be saved out of it. " ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 30:7
"Teachers may not accept remuneration for teaching Torah, but may for teaching punctuation
marks and accents." ~~ Johanan b. Nappaha
"For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision. " ~~ Joel (Yoel) 4:14
"For the day of the Lord is coming, it is near, a day of darkness and gloom. " ~~ Joel (Yoel) 2:1,2
"This book of the Law shall not depart out of your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and
night." ~~ Joshua (Yehoshua) 1:8
"Judaism is a nation and a creed at one and the same time." ~~ Joseph Klausner
"You shall not put a stumbling-block before the blind. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 19:14
"Love thy neighbor as thyself!" ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 18:19
"For on this day atonement shall be made for you to cleanse you from all your sins; you shall be
clean before the Lord. [Day of Atonement/Yom Kippur] " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 16:30
"If your brother becomes poor, you shall maintain him." ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 25:35
"You shall not curse the deaf. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) 19:14
"The words of Torah heal the soul, not the body." ~~ Maimonides, Mishneh Torah
"How long are we required to study Torah? Until the day of our death...Some of Israel's wisest
men were woodchoppers, others drawers of water, some even blind men---and all of them
studied Torah day and night." ~~ Maimonides, Mishneh Torah, Torah/Bible/Tanach
"The Torah is truth, and the purpose of knowing it is to live by it."
~~ Maimonides, Maimonides, Torah/Bible/Tanach, Truth
"The Torah is truth, and the purpose of knowing it is to live by it." ~~ Maimonides
"There is no single letter in the Scriptures whereon a thousand secrets do not hang." ~~ Menashe
Ben Israel
"Whoever lives by Torah, good deeds, humility, and the fear of Heaven, will be saved from
doom." ~~ Middrash, Pesikta R. 198a
"Wisdom came before the Torah." ~~ Midrash Mishle
"If a man does not pursue the words of the Law, they will not pursue him." ~~ Midrash Mishle
"Like wine, the Torah pleases the heart and improves with age." ~~ Midrash, Sifre Deuteronomy
48
"Faith is the essence of Torah." ~~ Mivchar HapeniniFaith,
"Judaism is an historical religion." ~~ Moses Hess

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The Jew, by virtue of his origin, will always belong to Judaism, even if he or his ancestors
changed their faith." ~~ Moses Hess
"Busy yourself as much as possible with the study of divine things, not to know them merely, but
to do them; and when you close the book, look round you, look within you, to see if your
hand can translate into deed something you have learned." ~~ Moses of Evreux
"Even the best translation cannot render fully the exact meaning of the text." ~~ Moshe
Mendelssohn
"The whole world is nothing more than a singing and a dancing before the Holy One, blessed be
He. Every Jew is a singer before Him, and every letter in the Torah is a musical note."
~~Nathan b. Naphtali Herz
"The Torah cannot assume perfection except in Israel." ~~ Nahmanides
"Because of gluttony, Esau sold his birthright. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.
"If one man sins, will You be wroth with all the congregation? " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar)
16:22, Numbers, Torah/Bible/Tanach
"Any study of the Torah and any prayer unaccompanied by good deeds and repentance void the
Torah and make the prayer unwanted." ~~ Otiyot Derabbi Akiva
"Without Hebrew there is no Torah, and without Torah no Jew." ~~ Peretz Smolenskin
"These are things whose fruits a man enjoys in this world while the capital is laid up for him in
the world to come: honoring his father and mother." ~~ Peah 1:1

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