Jewish Quotations

"When you make a vow to God, tarry not in its discharge!" ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 5:3

"Who professes to reform religion is in my eyes as if he sought to cool fire." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"Jewelry is only elegant if the wearer is." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Nedarim

"On six days work may be done, but on the seventh day you shall have a Sabbath of complete rest, holy to the Lord." ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 35:2

"People hate whatever they do not understand." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra

"Without moral and intellectual independence, there can be no national independence." ~~ David Ben-Gurion

"Without sin, there can be no forgiving." ~~ Yemin Tsidqi

"Before God we are all equally wise – and equally foolish." ~~ Albert Einstein

"We are generally more convinced by the reasons we discover on our own than by those given to us by others." ~~ Marcel Proust

"Faith is the root and foundation of all holiness." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"Who wishes to be friendly with people should cling to good manners." ~~ Ben Gabirol

"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics. " ~~ Benjamin Disraeli