Jewish Quotations

"As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 26:11

"When a man loves a woman and her longing glows back, the world becomes a Paradise." ~~ Shneuer

"Who commits adultery has no heart. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 6:32

"Consider the speech, not the speaker." ~~ Caspi

"It is easier to give advice to others than to oneself." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"The world depends on Israel’s piety." ~~ Isaac the Blind

"A rope drawn too tight is apt to snap." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"Quarrel not with a great man, lest you be compelled to give way, or with a stronger, lest you fall into his hands." ~~ Ben Sira 8:1

"Burial in Israel is like burial under the altar of the Temple." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot 11a

"If a great man said it, do not laugh at it!" ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"If I am here, all is here; and if I am not here, who is here?" ~~ Hillel

"For the pious, Paradise exists everywhere." ~~ Disraeli