"There are three teachers: parents, instructors, and comrades." ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"A community which has no synagogue and no shelter for the poor, must first provide for the poor. " ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"There is a type of meekness that brings a man to Gehenna: for instance, the judge who knows that other judges made an error, but says, “Shall I put them to shame?”…Or the man who hears a congregation speak falsely and says, “Who am I to correct them?”… there is a kind of humility which is not righteousness." ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"Depend not on dreams." ~~ Sefer Hasidim