Jewish Quotations

"A generation goes and a generation comes, but the earth stands for ever." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 1:4

"To practise (Not to practise) what one teaches. " ~~ Talmud, Chagigah; Talmud, Yevamot

"Wealth is fleeting, honor winged, but charity abides. " ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"If you change the language, you change the content." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon

"If you want to pick roses, be not afraid that the thorns will prick you!" ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"Every Jew should think of himself as having come out of Egypt. [Passover/Pesach]" ~~ Talmud, Pessachim

"What is the proper age for wedlock? When you are young, it is too soon, and when you are old, too late." ~~ Wallach

"I find humility a greater help to me than all my fellow men." ~~ Ibn Gabirol

"Dwell in Israel, even among a majority of idolaters, rather than outside Israel, even among a majority of Jews!" ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"Sometimes work can change your luck. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

"Good men are hard to provoke and easy to calm." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers, 4:21

"Do what you have promised! " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) 32:24