Jewish Quotations

"Don’t threaten a child: either punish him or forgive him." ~~ Talmud

"Through true song one may rise to the power of prophecy." ~~ Joseph Opatoshu

"Anyone who spreads an evil report about the Land of Israel, even if it be true, is a spy." ~~ Judah L. Maimon

"Men who see Torah collapsing should have their eyes examined." ~~ The Chofetz Chaim

"The miser pays double in the end." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"Better prayer without synagogue than synagogue without prayer." ~~ Abraham Heschel

"Money lost, nothing lost. Courage lost, everything lost." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"The really great deeds are done in secret. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

"Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair. " ~~ George Burns

"Stand not up against a river in its flood! [Swim with the stream!]" ~~ Achikar

"Friendship is like a treasury: you cannot take from it more than you put into it." ~~ Benjamin Mandelstamm

"Sometimes a woman is happy because she is pretty, sometimes she is pretty because she is happy." ~~ Yochanan Tversky