Jewish Quotations

"Experience is what we call the accumulation of our mistakes. " ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"Every bride is beautiful." ~~ Talmud: Ketubot, 17a

"Israel’s salvation will come through prophets and not through diplomats." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"Who keeps on knocking will succeed." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra

"Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole." ~~ Spinoza

"A fool is his own informer." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"There can be no joy without food and drink." ~~ Talmud, Mo’ed Katan

"The weak dream so much of strength that at last they come to see their very weakness as strength." ~~ Shim’oni

"Who depends on eating at his friend’s table will go hungry." ~~ Omer Hashikhcha

"It is an honor to a man to admit his error. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"In this world, too, one can taste the joys of Paradise." ~~ Dov Ber of Mazeritch

"The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous. " ~~ Carl Sagan