Jewish Quotations

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

"It is an honor for a man to cease from strife." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 20:3

"There are palaces that open only to music." ~~ Hillel Zeitlin

"Good manners may in Seven Words be found: Forget Yourself and think of Those Around." ~~ Arthur Guiterman

"Just as there can be no corn-stalks without straw, so there can be no dreams without nonsense." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"Honor your physician according to your need of him! For verily the Lord has created him; and from the Lord comes his wisdom." ~~ Ben Sira 38:1

"To perish by the sword is worse than a natural death, to die of hunger worse still, and captivity worst of all." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra

"When the president enters, all rise and none sits until he says: “Be seated!”" ~~ Talmud, Horayot

"Alms for the needy cannot be deemed a dole." ~~ Theodor Herzl

"If charity costs nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"If people knew the troubles that authors experience, they would not laugh on finding some little error in their books." ~~ Yehuda Ben Janach

"Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. " ~~ Golda Meir