Jewish Quotations

"Happy he that grew up with a good name and departed this world with one." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"Bring all men into friendship with you." ~~ Apocrypha: Ben Sira

"If you do not aspire to great things, you will not achieve even little ones." ~~ Imre Binah

"Even in His wrath the Lord keeps in mind compassion." ~~ Talmud, Pessachim

"The truth hurts like a thorn, at first; but in the end it blossoms like a rose." ~~ Samuel Ha-Nagid

"There is a divine covenant in everyone’s heart: to love his native soil—despite its climate." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 34:15

"If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven" ~~ Neil Simon

"A young man has to live and an old man wants to." ~~ Yiddish Proverb

"Prayer is the service of the heart." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit

"The greatest charity is to enable the poor to earn a living. " ~~ Talmud, Shabbat

"I never think of the future – it comes soon enough. " ~~ Albert Einstein

"A word without thought is like a foot without muscles." ~~ Moses Ibn Ezra