"Books were written not for fools but for the wise." ~~ Yehuda Ben Tibbon
"I am in constant fear lest I become too wise to remain pious." ~~ The Koretser Rabbi
"Just as the world cannot exist without water, so it cannot be without wisdom." ~~ David Qimchi
"Who once did a clever thing is not yet to be considered wise, and who once did a foolish thing not yet a fool." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"The righteous man is like a palm-tree—as the shade of a palm is cast far, so the reward of the righteous will be distant, in the world to come. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.
"Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercies over himself. " ~~ Elie Wiesel
"Wisdom is better than jewels." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 8:11
"One man’s candle is light for many." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Don’t listen to those who say, you taking too big a chance. Michelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor, and it would surely be rubbed out by today. " ~~ Neil Simon
"It is an honor for a man to cease from strife." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 20:3
"The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 7:8
"God takes nothing from the world until He puts something else in its place." ~~ Midrash Hagadol
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