"A man may learn for seventy years and at the end die a fool." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"Answer the first point first and the last point last." ~~ Avot 1:5
"If you see cities uprooted, know that it came about because they did not maintain teachers’ salaries." ~~ Simeon b. Yohai
"If you have no means to give to the poor, comfort him with kind words! " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
"If a land has a soul, then Jerusalem is the soul of the Land of Israel." ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Redemption only comes to our nation bit by bit." ~~ Middrash Tehillim
"Television has raised writing to a new low." ~~ Samuel Goldwyn
"The lust for wealth is only one of the forms of power." ~~ Aaron David Gordon
"The wise do not rest either in this world or in the world to come [for they always strive for greater wisdom]." ~~ [adapted from] Talmud, Berakot 64a
"Some men are stupid: they stand up to honor a Holy Scroll, but do not rise to honor a sage." ~~ Talmud Makkot 22b
"Truth is the seal of God." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Great is repentance, for it reaches the Throne of Glory;… for it brings Redemption;…for it lengthens a man’s life." ~~ Talmud, Yoma
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