Jewish Quotations

"Keep sin at a distance and it will turn aside from you!" ~~ Ben Sira 7:2

"The thought that life could be better is woven indelibly into our hearts and our brains. " ~~ Paul Simon

"A man cannot live without a woman or a woman live without a man." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Berakhot

"A generation in which human ideals do not improve must perish. " ~~ The Koretser Rabbi

"Just as precepts do not cancel one another out, so with bans." ~~ Talmud, Zevachim

"There is no religious command that has such instant effect as that concerning charity." ~~ Plantavius

"Build your home in such a way that a stranger may feel happy in your midst! " ~~ Theodor Herzl

"Who hastens to be rich will not go unpunished." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 28:20

"Wisdom without morals is like a ring without a gem." ~~ Avigdor Hameiri

"You cannot turn Hell into Heaven, but how easy it is to turn Paradise into Purgatory!" ~~ Reuven Alcalay

"An unmarried man may not be an elementary teacher." ~~ Mishna: Kiddushin

"He who pays his debt adds to his capital." ~~ Traditional Proverb