"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
"Who says, “I shall sin and repent, I shall sin and repent”, repentance will not be vouchsafed him." ~~ Talmud, Yoma
"If a man divorces his first wife, even the altar sheds tears for him." ~~ Talmud, Gittin
"It is worth a man’s while to remove suspicion far from him, even it he is known to be faithful and just." ~~ Levi Ben Gershon
"A thief is better than a liar, but they are both doomed." ~~ Ben Sira, Ecclesiasticus 20:25
"A bribe blinds the clever, and how much more so the fool!" ~~ Talmud, Ketubot
"Not everything near is really so, nor everything far really distant. " ~~ Numbers (Bamidbar) R.
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