"The righteous is rescued from trouble; the wicked falls into it instead." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 11:8
"The Shekhina does not bide amidst gloom and sloth, amidst frivolity, levity or idle chatter, but only in the joy of performing a precept." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"God seeks out the persecuted." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 3:15
"The State binds and compels, religion teaches and persuades; the State gives laws, religion gives commandments." ~~ Moshe Mendelssohn
"The righteous are greater in death than in life." ~~ Talmud, Hullin
"To you I’m an atheist; to God, I’m the Loyal Opposition. " ~~ Woody Allen
"For the pious, Paradise exists everywhere." ~~ Disraeli
"The meaning of life is that it stops." ~~ Franz Kafka
"Faith is not a series of theorems but a way of life." ~~ Shmuel Hugo Bergman
"Who professes to reform religion is in my eyes as if he sought to cool fire." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"With faith, there are no questions; without faith there are no answers. " ~~ The Chofetz Chaim
"The exiles will be gathered in only at the price of faith." ~~ Talmud, Sota