"All Jews are brothers." ~~ Tanchuma
"Just as a man does not blush to ask his friend to give him water, so he should not be ashamed to ask a younger man to teach him Torah." ~~ Tanchuma
"If the wicked do a favor, it is never complete." ~~ Tanchuma
"There is no trouble in the world without its cure." ~~ Tanchuma
"Not everyone poor today will be poor tomorrow; nor everyone rich today be so tomorrow, for the world is a turning wheel." ~~ Tanchuma
"And there was famine in the land—why so? Because Israel and their judges did not judge truly. " ~~ Tanchuma
"When Israel is in trouble, the Lord, as it were, is troubled, too." ~~ Tanchuma