"The man who slanders hurts three people: the man slandered, the man to whom the slander is uttered—and himself." ~~ Talmud, Arakin 15b
"A bargain has charm for the customer." ~~ Talmud, Sota
"The truth alone will overcome the many." ~~ Minchat Qenaot
"There are times when an individual feels he should do those things which only can and should be done by the many. There is room for only one Prime Minister, but for those who make the desert bloom there is room for hundreds, thousands and even millions. " ~~ David Ben-Gurion
"Every Jew – wherever he or she may find themselves, even a solitary Jew in the most remote corner of the earth – must remember that they are part of the whole Jewish people and representatives of the entire Jewish people – the one people ever since the Torah was given at Mt. Sinai, until the end of time. " ~~ Rebbe Menachem Schneerson
"Where men truly wish to go, there their feet will manage to take them." ~~ Talmud Sukkah 53a
"Death is the only disaster." ~~ Mekhilta
"The act of writing is for me often nothing more than the secret or concious desire to carve words on a tombstone: to the memory of a town forever vanished, to the memory of a childhood in exile, to the memory of all those I loved and who, before I could tell them I loved them, went away. " ~~ Elie Wiesel
"Both a boaster and a fool miss the fitting time for silence." ~~ Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus 20:6
"A judge must have these seven virtues: wisdom, humility, fear of God, disdain of profit, love of truth, love of his fellow-men, and a good name." ~~ Tambam
"The good die but live on, in the example they provided." ~~ adapted from Talmud, Berakot 18b
"Which man desires life, which loves days of seeing good? Guard your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit." ~~ Psalms (Tehillim) 34:13-14
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