"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
"Let a father wed his daughter to a scholar, even if he spend all his money on her dowry!" ~~ Tanna Deve Eliyahu R.
"A parable without a moral is like a legless body." ~~ Avraham Ben Ezra
"Anybody who gets out of college having had his confidence in the perfection of existing institutions affirmed has not been educated. Just suffocated." ~~ Al Capp
"Don’t threaten a child: Either punish him or forgive him. " ~~ Talmud
"Once an error is learned, it is hard to unlearn. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra 21a
"As you teach, you learn." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"Where Jewish education is neglected, the whole content of Judaism is reduced to merely an awareness of anti-Semitism. Judaism ceases them to be a civilization, and becomes a complex." ~~ Mordechai Kaplan
"Each community must engage teachers for the children." ~~ Israel Alnaqua
"Who declines to endow a scholar with his worldly goods will see no blessing." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"Do not say: I will learn when I will have leisure; you may never have it." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 2:5
"Let the honor of your disciple be dear to you as your own! " ~~ Avot 4:12
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