Jewish Quotations

"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 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

"There is no disputing about tastes." ~~ Abraham Shlonsky

"Neurosis is the inability to tolerate ambiguity. " ~~ Sigmund Freud

"Eyesight is of no avail if the heart be blind." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"Independence is never given to a people, it has to be earned; and, once earned, must be defended." ~~ Chaim Weizmann

"The root of the tree is deep in the earth, but a man’s is above; for the soul is his root and it is from heaven." ~~ Judah Low ben Bezalel Maharal

"As between relatives and poor strangers, relatives come first. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia