"A man is led the way he wishes to follow." ~~ Talmud, Makkoth 10b
"Study is worth as much as ritual sacrifice." ~~ (adapted from) Talmud, Menahot 110a
"Happy is the man whose deeds are greater than his learning." ~~ Midrash Eliyahu R.
"No master is jealous of his pupil." ~~ Psikta Zotarti
"A scholar who abandons study is like ‘a bird that strays from the nest.’" ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"In teaching, do not favor the children of the rich—and teach the children of the poor without compensation." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit 24B
"A man’s wit can be judged better by his questions than by his answers." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua
"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
"When you are asked a question and do not know what to answer, be not ashamed to say: “I know not!”" ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"Arrange the ordinances in order, like a set table." ~~ Akiba, Mekilta
"Who withholds a law from his pupil robs him of his inheritance." ~~ Rab (Abba Arika)
"The sons of sages are not always sages—so that no one can think Torah is inherited, and so that the sages’ sons do not hold themselves superior to others." ~~ (adapted from) Sayings of the Fathers 2:12
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