Jewish Quotations

"Whithersoever Israel were exiled, the Divine Presence was with them." ~~ Mekhilta

"Do not withhold good where it is due, if it be in your power to bestow it!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 3:27

"Punishment of the sinner is not to be treated as revenge. " ~~ Chaim of Valozhin

"Everybody likes a kidder but nobody loans him money. " ~~ Arthur Miller

"Ten enemies cannot do a man the harm that he can do himself." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"The soul is the Lord’s candle." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 20:27

"A single fool may ask questions which even a thousand Sages cannot answer." ~~ Jacob Emden

"The more charity, the more peace. " ~~ Talmud, Pirke Avot

"Happy are we whose youth shamed not our old age!" ~~ Talmud, Sukkah

"There is no better physician for any sickness than time. " ~~ Moshe Hayim Luzzatto

"The study of Torah outweighs all sacrifices." ~~ Talmud, Menahot 110a

"A man must walk in the middle of the path and stray neither to this side nor that. [Choose the golden mean!]" ~~ Tosefta