Jewish Quotations

"Here is food and here is drink— but, if there is no peace, there is nothing." ~~ Sifra

"But let justice roll down like waters, and righteousness like an everflowing stream!" ~~ Amos 5:24

"Geniuses and their thoughts belong to the whole world." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"Who is blind? Who declines to see light." ~~ Ladino Proverb

"Whoso confesses and forsakes his evil ways shall find mercy. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 28:13

"Once a man repents, stop reminding him of what he did!" ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia

"No man dies before his time." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"Be not allured by Greek wisdom, for it bears no fruit but only flowers!" ~~ Yehuda Halevi

"Don’t threaten a child: Either punish him or forgive him. " ~~ Talmud

"The ghetto outlook divided the universe into two: this world for the Gentile and the next world for the Jew." ~~ David Ben-Gurion

"Jealousy and anger will shorten your life. " ~~ Ben Sira 31:24

"Happiness comes to a man when he dwells beneath his own roof-tree." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Mo’ed Katan