"Even on the threshold of war, we [Jews] are bidden to begin in no other way than with peace, for it is written: “When you draw near a city to fight, first offer it peace.”" ~~ Midrash Leviticus R. 9
"If every one cleaned his own doorsteps, the whole town would be clean. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"Too many captains will sink a ship." ~~ Talmud
"He who refuses a suppliant the aid which he has the power to give, is accountable to justice." ~~ Josephus
"The Jewish people is old in one way yet a babe in another." ~~ David Frishman
"Even a poor man living on charity should give charity. " ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"Man enters the world with closed hands, as if to say, “The world is mine”; he leaves with open hands, as if to say, “I take nothing with me.”" ~~ Midrash Ecclesiastes R. 5:14
"Water will quench a flame and almsgiving atones for sins. " ~~ Ben Sira 3:30
"A father suffers for the troubles of his son." ~~ Midrash Sekhel Tov
"The senseless man pours contempt on his neighbor; but the intelligent man keeps silent." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 11:12
"If a man sanctifies himself a little, he will be sanctified much." ~~ Talmud, Yoma
"Let your words be simple, that they need no interpreting; and let their meaning be understood, that they need no proof." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra
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