Jewish Quotations

"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

"It is all for the best." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit

"Happiness isn’t something you experience; it’s something you remember. " ~~ Oscar Levant

"For there is not a righteous man upon the earth, that does good and sins not." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 7:15