Jewish Quotations

"God has created nothing more distinguished than the mind." ~~ Mozne Tsedek

"A good dream is a good gift." ~~ Reuven Alcalay

"No spot in the Land of Israel is empty of God’s Presence. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.

"Life is something that happens when you can’t get to sleep. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz

"Great is the pain of bringing up sons, and greater of bringing up daughters." ~~ Shalom Aleichem

"Teach a child good manners during babyhood." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"Just as there can be no corn-stalks without straw, so there can be no dreams without nonsense." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"The poor does for the host more than the host for the poor." ~~ Joshua b. Hanania

"A bundle of reeds cannot be broken by a man; but, taken singly, even a child can break them." ~~ Tanchuma

"A bird you set free you may catch again, but a word that escapes your lips will not return. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"Much have I learned from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but most from my students. " ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit 7b

"If a person wishes to become a priest or a Levite, he cannot; but even a Gentile can be righteous." ~~ Midrash Tehillim