Jewish Quotations

"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

"The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord. " ~~ Job (Iyov) 1:21

"Never rebuke a man in such a way as to shame him in public." ~~ Rashi

"By nature we like the familiar and dislike the strange." ~~ Maimonides, Guide for the Perplexed 1:31