"If he is a fighter, he is no writer; if a writer, no fighter." ~~ Talmud, Avoda Zara
"Even the best translation cannot render fully the exact meaning of the text." ~~ Moshe Mendelssohn
"The shoe according to the foot and the style according to the contents." ~~ Reuven Breinin
"I don’t think anyone should write their autobiography until after they’re dead. " ~~ Samuel Goldwyn
"Only a generation of readers will span a generation of writers." ~~ Steven Spielberg
"Sometimes one must translate not the lines themselves but what is written between them. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"A good book is like a beautiful garden which you can carry in your hand." ~~ Chananya Reichman
"If you are a man of the sword, you can’t claim to be a man of the book; and if you are a man of the book, you will not be a man of the sword." ~~ Talmud, Avodah Zarah 17b
"The best minister is the human heart; the best teacher is time; the best book is the world; the best friend is God." ~~ Yiddish Proverb
"There can be no creative national literature without ancient traditions. " ~~ Yosef Chaim Brenner
"Books were written not for fools but for the wise." ~~ Yehuda Ben Tibbon
"When the kingdom of words ends, the kingdom of silence begins." ~~ Avraham Chen