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"If you throw up a stone, it will fall back on your head." ~~ Ben Sira 27:25

"It is the power of reasoning with which God endowed man that renders man capable of perfection." ~~ Maimonides, Guide to the Perplexed 1:2

"Always remember! What’s central to you is peripheral to other people." ~~ Rabbi Wolfe Kelman

"His name is the very soul of a man. " ~~ Chaim of Valozhin

"Wisdom without action is like a tree without fruit." ~~ Yosef Qinchi

"Drop by drop the pitcher fills. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.

"There is no better way of vexing an abuser than keeping silent." ~~ Tsemach Tsadik

"A man’s heart changes his countenance for good or evil." ~~ Ben Sira 13:25

"Do not offer your food to one who has no appetite for it!" ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"A favor done to the dead is an honest one. " ~~ Genesis (Bereshit) R.

"Who turns the important into the unimportant will do the reverse as well." ~~ Yitzchak Avineri

"A man’s character is revealed in three things: in his cup, in his purse, and in his anger." ~~ Talmud, Eiruvin