Jewish Quotations

"There is no worse pride than his who flaunts his modesty. " ~~ Jacob Klatzkin

"Look not on the jar but on its contents!" ~~ Avot 4:20

"Who is honored? He that honors mankind." ~~ Avot 4:1

"In the high spheres there are temples which may be opened only with song." ~~ Shneor Zalman

"If a man repent of his misdeeds, then revert to wrongdoing, it is no repentance." ~~ Pesikta Rabati

"The borrower is the slave of the lender. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle 22:7)

"No man knows what is in his friend’s heart." ~~ Talmud, Pesachim

"Without Jerusalem, the Land of Israel is as a body without a soul." ~~ Elhanan L. Levinsky

"The Land of Israel needs a people and the people of Israel needs a Land." ~~ Israel Zangwill

"Words are the guide to acts: the mouth makes the first move." ~~ Leone Da Modena

"No billy-goat is made a gardener." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"A betrothed girl in Jerusalem does not need to adorn herself with the scent of incense. " ~~ Talmud, Yoma 39b