"Respect an old man who has lost his learning: remember that the fragments of the Tablets broken by Moses were preserved alongside the new." ~~ Talmud: Berakot 8b
"A scholar who abandons study is like ‘a bird that strays from the nest.’" ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"If you see cities uprooted, know that it came about because they did not maintain teachers’ salaries." ~~ Simeon b. Yohai
"Only if a scholar is like a bed of spices, the perfume reaching others, will his learning be preserved." ~~ Eleazar b. Pedat
"A pupil receives but a fifth of the reward that accrues to the teacher." ~~ Midrash, Sons of Songs R.
"Who is without wife should not teach children." ~~ Rambam
"Learning is the raising of character by the broadening of vision and the deeping of feeling." ~~ Mayer Sulzberger
"The prevailing pilosophy of education tends to discredit hard work." ~~ Abraham Flexner
"The real guardians of a state are the teachers." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Hagigah 1:7
"The golden key to Jewish education is the Hebrew language. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"Teach a child good manners during babyhood." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
"Just as a small log may set fire to a large one, so do smaller scholars sharpen the wits of sages." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
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