Jewish Quotations

"It is nobler to visit a house of mourning than a house of feasting." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 2

"A home not made for springtime and for rainy days is none. " ~~ Talmud, Yoma

"Better a pauper sound and sober than a rich man sick and sorry." ~~ Ben Sira 30:14

"Rejoice not at thine enemy’s fall – but don’t rush to pick him up either. " ~~ Traditional Proverb

"All go to one place: all are from the dust and all turn to dust again. " ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:20

"Strength is not the absence of weakness but how we wrestle with our weaknesses." ~~ Noah Benshea

"Man who is merely a breath, whose life fades like a passing shadow." ~~ Psalms 144:4

"Wherever peace reigns, you need no courts." ~~ Tosefta

"If there is one thing superior to life, it is health." ~~ Iggeret Hamusar

"A house where one lives against one’s will is no house." ~~ Talmud, Pesachim

"Despise not your mother, when she is old!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 23:22

"Little children won’t let you sleep; big children won’t let you live." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim