"For the ignorant, old age is winter; for the learned, old age is the harvest." ~~ Hasidic Proverb
"Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
"Tradition is a fence for the Torah." ~~ Avot 3:13
"Charity equals all the other commandments. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character. " ~~ Oscar Levant
"A gate once widened stays wide." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"Whoso sees the dead and does not follow the bier is as one that scoffs at the poor." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"A man should eat and drink less than he can afford to, dress as well and as much as he can afford to, and lavish more on his wife. " ~~ Talmud, Chullin
"The gates of prayer are never closed. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) R.
"What evil can a man yet speak against the Jews that our enemies have not already spoken? What good can a man say of them that our champions have not yet said?" ~~ David Frishman
"I swore never to be silent whenever and wherever human beings endure suffering and humiliation. We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented. " ~~ Elie Wiesel
"Forsake not an old friend, for the new one is not his peer! A new friend is as new wine: when it is old, you shall drink it with pleasure." ~~ Ben Sira 9:10
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