"You want me to teach you the whole Torah? This is its basic principle: What is hateful to yourself do not do to your fellow man. If you want no one to harm you, do not harm him; if you want no one to take what is yours, do not take from him what is his." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan, 27a
"Find yourself a teacher and get you a fellow-student!" ~~ Avot 1:6
"If ten men sit together and occupy themselves with the Law, the Divine Presence is in their midst." ~~ Avot 3:4
"Who is the greatest of heroes? He that makes his foe his friend." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan
"Who borrows from Man is as one who borrows from God." ~~ Avot 2:9
"Not the expounding of the Law is the important matter but the doing of it." ~~ Avot 1:17
"Engage but little in business and busy yourself with the Torah!" ~~ Avot 4:10
"This world is like an anteroom of the world to come." ~~ Avot 4:16
"Who is a hero? He that masters his lusts!" ~~ Avot 4:1
"What is the straight way a man should choose? That which does him honor and wins him the esteem of men." ~~ Avot 2:1
"There is no beauty like the beauty of Jerusalem." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan
"Separate not yourself from the community! " ~~ Avot 2:4
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