Jewish Quotations

"A golden key opens all gates." ~~ Traditional Proverb

"To a hungry man everything bitter is sweet. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 27:7

"No labor, however humble, dishonors a man." ~~ Talmud, Nedarim 49b

"Legends charm the heart." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"Tell not your dream unto your enemy!" ~~ Musar Haskel

"There is no loss as bad as the loss of time." ~~ Shlomo Di Olivera

"The size of the cedar is measured by its shadow, of a man by his humility." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"No righteous man passes away before one like him is created." ~~ Talmud, Yoma

"One does not keep children from school even to build the Temple." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"The man capable of deceiving himself is much more dangerous than the man capable only of deceiving others." ~~ Shim’oni

"If you cling to wisdom, you cannot cling to [impure] desires." ~~ The Mezeritzer Rabbi

"Be not like slaves that minister to the master for the sake of a reward, but like those that minister to him seeking none!" ~~ Avot 1:3