Jewish Quotations

"Let your neighbor’s honor be as dear to you as your own! " ~~ Avot 2:12

"An everlasting pleasure becomes a habit and not a pleasure. [You can have too much of a good thing.]" ~~ Ya’akov Yosef

"All that dwell in the Land of Israel, the Land makes atonement for their sins." ~~ Sifre

"Good manners mean more than learning." ~~ Tanna Deve Eliyahu R.

"I do not recall a Jewish home without a book on the table. " ~~ Elie Wiesel

"The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. " ~~ Oscar Levant

"Better a public scolding than love unrevealed." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 27:5

"The telephone is a good way to talk to people without having to offer them a drink. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz

"A man should never stand in a place of danger and expect a miracle to happen to him." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live." ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 104:33

"The reward of a mitzva? Another mitzva!" ~~ Sayings of the Fathers

"Who respects the elderly is as if he respects the Lord." ~~ Alphabet of Ben Sira