"Not every cloud will spit rain." ~~ Gan Sha’ashuim
"When I see no way of teaching a truth but one that will please one intelligent man but will offend ten thousand fools, I address myself to the one, and ignore the censure of the thousands." ~~ Maimonides
"A word fitly spoken is as apples of gold in a setting of silver. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 25:11
"When an ox falls, his butchers are many. [When a man is down, his enemies multiply.]" ~~ Lamentations R.
"It is the Sabbath, and one should not weep, for healing is nigh to come." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Even the mundane talk of scholars needs study." ~~ Talmud, Avoda Zara
"There is a type of meekness that brings a man to Gehenna: for instance, the judge who knows that other judges made an error, but says, “Shall I put them to shame?”…Or the man who hears a congregation speak falsely and says, “Who am I to correct them?”… there is a kind of humility which is not righteousness." ~~ Sefer Hasidim
"By nature we like the familiar and dislike the strange." ~~ Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed 1:31
"Wisdom begets humility." ~~ Abraham Ibn Ezra
"The only free man is he who engages in the study of Torah." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:9
"A man is led the way he wishes to follow." ~~ Talmud, Makkoth 10b
"The world stands upon three things: Torah, Worship and Loving Deeds." ~~ Pirke Avot 1:2
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