Jewish Quotations

"The talk of the child in the street is that of his father or mother at home." ~~ Talmud, Sotah

"Who can number the sands of the sea, and the rain-drips, and the days of eternity?" ~~ Ben Sira 1:2

"When a part of your body aches and causes you pain, you feel intense hatred towards it." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"Few great men could pass Personnel." ~~ Paul Goodman

"No Hitler, no Holocaust." ~~ Milton Himmelfarb

"If he is a fighter, he is no writer; if a writer, no fighter." ~~ Talmud, Avoda Zara

"A woman is worthier after she has become a mother than before." ~~ Talmud, Bava Qamma

"The wolf changes its fur but not its nature." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"A robber’s accomplice is as bad as a robber himself. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Sanhedrin

"Gentle speech multiplies friends." ~~ Ben Sira 6:5

"Sometimes it is not the office that makes the man but the man that makes the office." ~~ Traditional Proverb

"Who covers his sin with a lie is like one that tries to hide a stain on his coat with a hole in his mantle." ~~ Mishle Yehoshua