"There is a type of meekness that brings a man to Gehenna: for instance, the judge who knows that other judges made an error, but says, “Shall I put them to shame?”…Or the man who hears a congregation speak falsely and says, “Who am I to correct them?”… there is a kind of humility which is not righteousness." ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"If you throw up a stone, it will fall back on your head." ~~ Ben Sira 27:25
"Imagination is more important than knowledge… " ~~ Albert Einstein
"It is the power of reasoning with which God endowed man that renders man capable of perfection." ~~ Maimonides, Guide to the Perplexed 1:2
"Always remember! What’s central to you is peripheral to other people." ~~ Rabbi Wolfe Kelman
"History, far from repeating itself, occasionally produces startling surprises." ~~ Reuven Alcalay
"Who pleads after the verdict pleads nothing. [It’s too late to plead once a sentence is pronounced.] " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia
"You may regret your silence once, but you will regret your speech twice." ~~ Ibn Gabirol
"Better is he who gives little to charity—from money honestly earned, than he who gives much—from money acquired by fraud." ~~ Midrash, Kohelet R.
"His name is the very soul of a man. " ~~ Chaim of Valozhin
"Blessed is the son who studies with his father, and blessed is the father who teaches his son." ~~ Talmud
"Wisdom without action is like a tree without fruit." ~~ Yosef Qinchi
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