Jewish Quotations

"Fear and hope must not be overestimated." ~~ Reuven Alcalay

"If charity costs nothing, the world would be full of philanthropists." ~~ Talmud, Ketubot

"The wise man says: I will eat to live, and the fool says: I will live to eat." ~~ Orchot Tsadikim

"Never enter a neighbor’s house unwarned." ~~ Derekh Eretz R.

"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? And if not now—when?" ~~ Hillel

"A bad wife scorches you worse than fire, and chokes you worse than rope or water." ~~ N. Amram

"Press your lips together: don’t be in a hurry to answer." ~~ Talmud, Abodah Zara 35a

"I’ve never been an intellectual but I have this look. " ~~ Woody Allen

"It is only cats that “meow” and wail, lions roar. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik

"In a war of defense everyone comes out to fight, even the groom from his chamber and the bride from her bed." ~~ Sota 8:7

"Never weary of making friends." ~~ Asher b. Yehiel

"What is the good way whereto a man whould cleave?— A good neighbor." ~~ Avot 2:9