"A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to comprehend his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it." ~~ Israel Zangwill
"Just as the world cannot exist without water, so it cannot be without wisdom." ~~ David Qimchi
"It is not the sin that drives one crazy it’s the desire to sin." ~~ Shalom Aleichem
"Israel is my son, My first-born." ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 4:22
"Who shows pity for humankind, the Heavens will pity in turn. " ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Who once did a clever thing is not yet to be considered wise, and who once did a foolish thing not yet a fool." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"The Holy One will turn the Ninth of Ab into joy…and will Himself build Jerusalem and gather therein the exiles of Israel." ~~ Midrash Zuta, Eika
"The righteous man is like a palm-tree—as the shade of a palm is cast far, so the reward of the righteous will be distant, in the world to come. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.
"When you teach your son, use a carefully edited text. " ~~ Talmud, Pesachim
"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
"Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercies over himself. " ~~ Elie Wiesel
"The way from Paradise to Hell is very short, the way back: impossible. " ~~ Reuven Alcalay
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