Jewish Quotations

"One cannot and must not try to erase the past merely because it does not fit the present. " ~~ Golda Meir

"Only the lesson which is enjoyed can be learned well." ~~ Judah HaNasi, Talmud

"Books are meant not to be shelved, but to be studied." ~~ Sefer Chassidim

"A woman watches a guest more grudgingly than a man. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Metzia

"Freedom is the world of joy." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"A man must bless God for the evil, just as he blesses Him for the good." ~~ Berakhot 9:5

"What is the grossest form of neglect? If a man does not. . . devote every effort toward the education of his children." ~~ Apocrypha: Aristeas 24:8

"Whatever has not happened in a thousand years may happen the next moment." ~~ Ladino Proverb

"The rightous among the Gentiles have a share in the world to come." ~~ Tosefta

"There are seventy ways of studying Torah; one is in silence." ~~ The Tcharkover Rabbi

"He who reproves men will get more thanks in the end than he who flatters them." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 28:23

"A man’s joy is greatest when his family is with him." ~~ Ephraim Luntshitz