Jewish Quotations

"The world is like a ladder, some come up, others go down." ~~ (Based on) Tanchuma

"It is the mind that behonds, not the eyes." ~~ Ezer Hadat

"The highest level of charity is to help others help themselves." ~~ Maimonides

"There is a friend who is one only in name." ~~ Apocrypha: Ben Sira

"Sanity is a cozy lie." ~~ Susan Sontag

"When you send a lazy man on an errand, eventually you will have to go yourself." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"A good intention is added as a good deed." ~~ The Zohar

"Those who do not grow, grow smaller. " ~~ Talmud, Pirke Avot

"Three are rebels against light: a thief, an adulterer and a bat." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua

"Does a man know what day his end will come?" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of five. " ~~ Groucho Marx

"Only the man who can defend his own honor is honored by others." ~~ Achad Ha’am