"Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters. " ~~ Isaac Bashevis Singer
"Childhood is a kind of Paradise." ~~ M. I. Levensohn
"Will a man build the attic and then the house? (First things first)" ~~ Talmud, Chagigah
"The ill-tempered cannot teach." ~~ Hillel
"For the Jews the advantage of Hebrew over other languages is that it is the natural garment of Judaism." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"If a man is told to commit all the sins in the Torah to save his life, let him obey, save for idolatry, incest and the shedding of blood." ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"A man is always responsible, whether his act is intentional or inadvertent, whether he is awake or asleep." ~~ Bava Qamma 2:6
"There are palaces that open only to music." ~~ Hillel Zeitlin
"History is the study of other people’s mistakes." ~~ Phillip Guedalla
"If an orphan boy and an orphan girl need support, or apply for a marriage grant, the girl is cared for first. The boy may beg, but not the girl. " ~~ Tosefta: Ketubot
"Who accepts reproof is vouchsafed a blessing. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) R.
"At five, your son is your master; at ten, your slave; at fifteen, your double; and after that, he is your friend or foe—depending on how you raised him." ~~ [Based on] Proverbs (Mishle) 13:24
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