"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
"The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened." ~~ Bella Abzug
"I don’t want any yes-men around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs. " ~~ Samuel Goldwyn
"No Jew, however learned and pious, may consider himself one whit better than a fellow Jew, however ignorant or irreligious." ~~ Simcha Bunim
"The history of the Jewish people is like an axis crossing the history of mankind from one of its poles to the other." ~~ Simon Dubnow
"Rebuke will be of no avail to the stiff-necked." ~~ Keli Yakar
"A man without a wife has no defense against temptation." ~~ (adapted from) Talmud, Yebamot 63a
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 222
- 223
- 224
- 225
- 226
- …
- 261
- Next Page »