Jewish Quotations

"If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past." ~~ Baruch Spinoza

"Whoso is patient will be master." ~~ Ma’alat Hamiddot

"No one lifts a finger on earth unless it is so decreed in heaven." ~~ Talmud, Chullin

"An intelligent mind will seek knowledge." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 15:14

"The test of democracy is freedom to criticize." ~~ David Ben-Gurion

"It is wise to work as well as study Torah; between the two, you will forget to sin." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 2:2

"The Ingathering of Exiles will be one of the greatest marvels." ~~ Isaac Abravanel

"Alas for that which goes and does not come back! And what is it? Rabbi Chasda said: It is childhood." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"Men’s features are not alike; nor are their opinions." ~~ Maimonides

"If he were as wise as he is foolish, he would be among the gtreat Sages of his time." ~~ Reuven Alcalay

"God casts the die, not the dice." ~~ Albert Einstein

"This world is a raging ocean and you should imagine yourself always in a ship at sea." ~~ Sefer Chassidim