Jewish Quotations

"I never put on a pair of shoes until I’ve worn them at least five years. " ~~ Samuel Goldwyn

"The man who puts his talents to selfish uses commits spiritual suicide." ~~ (adapted from) Hillel in Sayings of the Fathers 1:13

"The Creator, blessed be He, is He that knows, and what is known and knowledge itself, all in one." ~~ Rambam

"Tradition must be a spring-board into the future, not an arm-chair for repose." ~~ David Ben-Gurion

"A people’s memory is history; and as a man without a memory, so a people without a history cannot grow wiser, better." ~~ Isaac Peretz

"He who teaches a child is as if he had created it." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin 19b

"Abhor not an Egyptian, for you were a stranger in his land! [Passover/Pesach]" ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 23:8

"To know that a thing is bad is half way to repentance." ~~ Meiri

"Life is stronger than any destruction of it." ~~ Aaron David Gordon

"A convert is regarded as an infant new-born. " ~~ Talmud, Yevamot

"The moral laws are much more eminent and elevated han are the causal." ~~ Abraham Isaac Kook

"Wisdom is God’s power in action; for without it, everything is but theory." ~~ The Mezeritzer Rabbi