Jewish Quotations

"If there are no sheep, what need for a shepherd?" ~~ Yalkut Shimoni

"There can be no day without night: they fulfill one another." ~~ Zohar

"Thought is nobler than words, because it guides them." ~~ The Mezeritzer Rabbi

"I figure you have the same chance of winning the lottery whether you play or not. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz

"To dwell in the Holy Land tends to prevent sin." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"Where the contrite stand, not even the most righteous may." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"Retirement at sixty-five is ridiculous. When I was sixty-five I still had pimples. " ~~ George Burns

"No rain without thunders, no children without pangs." ~~ Ladino Proverb

"Man is in the image of a Temple, and his heart is like the Holy of Holies." ~~ Yonatan Eibshutz

"Without unity there is nothing." ~~ Aaron David Gordon

"Rather suffer an injustice than commit one! " ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"When dogs howl, the Angel of Death is in town; when they play, the prophet Elijah is." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma