Jewish Quotations

"Who seeks honor is a fool." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. " ~~ Albert Einstein

"Israel’s mission is…to realize its ideals on its own soil and in its own State." ~~ Eliezer Livneh

"Turn the Torah and turn it again, for all things are in it!" ~~ Avot 5:22

"A religious act is more acceptable when it is performed at the right time." ~~ Talmud, Pesachim

"The more Torah, the more life." ~~ Hillel in Sayings of the Fathers 2:7

"No temptation to sin should be offered to the honest, much less to the thief. [Opportunity makes the villain.]" ~~ Tanchuma

"A synagogue may be turned into a school: but not a school into a synagogue." ~~ Talmud, Megillah

"Medicaments have multiplied just as diseases have." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"Don’t crave to sit at the table of a king; your own table is better—and so is your crown." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 6:5

"Who of you can know the heart of a mother with all its secret afflictions? " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

"The Sabbath never ceases to be." ~~ Mekhilta