Jewish Quotations

"Stand firm in your refusal to remain conscious during algebra. In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra." ~~ Fran Lebowitz

"When the president enters, all rise and none sits until he says: “Be seated!”" ~~ Talmud, Horayot

"Evil inclination is sweet at the start and bitter at the end. " ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Shabbat

"Who knows how to speak well will know how to keep silent, but not all who know how to keep silent know how to speak well." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"Jerusalem will only be redeemed through [the merit of giving] charity. " ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 139a

"Be not boastful in your speech! " ~~ Ben Sira 4:32

"Consider no man great because of wealth or mean because of poverty!" ~~ Sefat Kodesh

"Who travels knows much." ~~ Ben Sira

"A community which has no synagogue and no shelter for the poor, must first provide for the poor. " ~~ Sefer Hasidim

"The greater a man’s wisdom the more will he avoid quarrels." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"Wisdom cries without, she utters her voice in the streets." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 1:20

"A righteous man may fall seven times yet will rise again." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 24:16