Jewish Quotations

"Man, who can make a harness for his beast, should make one for his appetites." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi 10:1

"The poor of your own town should be preferred to those of another." ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia

"Who belittles his friend lacks wit." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 11:12

"What lover of truth can pride himself that he found his faith free of harmful man-made rules." ~~ Moshe Mendelssohn

"Woe to him that lives as a pauper to die rich!" ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"I always wanted to get into politics, but I was never light enough to make the team. " ~~ Art Buchwald

"Old age, like poverty, although no disgrace, is not a great honor either. We all expect it and we all want to look young." ~~ Elhanan L. Levinsky

"Know what is above you!" ~~ Avot 2:1

"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." ~~ Albert Einstein

"Whoever called it necking was a poor judge of anatomy. " ~~ Groucho Marx

"A scholar who fears not sin is as a craftsman without his tools." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan

"It is not good for Man to be alone. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) 2:18