"No Jews felt more helpless in the face of anti-Semitism than those who had done everything deliberately and enthusiastically to adapt themselves to their environment." ~~ Leo Motzkin
"To love God truly, you must first love man. And if anyone tells you that he loves God but does not love his fellow man, he is lying." ~~ Hasidic Proverb
"It is worth a man’s while to remove suspicion far from him, even it he is known to be faithful and just." ~~ Levi Ben Gershon
"Our ancestors in the desert remembered the fine fish they used to eat in Egypt, but the hard labor they were made to do there they forgot." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"Charity is a magnet with more power to attract the divine influence than any other precept." ~~ Shneor Zalman
"No man can be called righteous if he is not also good." ~~ Midrash Tehillim
"Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die. " ~~ Mel Brooks
"When two men sit together and fail to discuss Torah—lo! there is the seat of the scornful. But when two men do discuss Torah, the Holy Spirit rests on them." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:2
"A stiff-necked people. . ." ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 32:9
"Who warns us against wrong does us as much good as one that teaches us the right way." ~~ J. L. Levin
"As the mother, so her daughter " ~~ Ezekiel (Yechezkel) 16:44
"Pity is the root of all creation." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav
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