Jewish Quotations

"Everywhere in the world, music enhances a hall, with one exception: Carnegie Hall enhances the music. " ~~ Isaac Stern

"If you carry your own lantern, you will endure the dark." ~~ Hasidic Proverb

"He who overlooks an offense promotes good will; he who repeats a tale separates friends." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 17:9

"There does not exist a vacuum in nature." ~~ Benedict Spinoza

"Teaching an unworthy student is like worshiping idols." ~~ Simeon b. Eleazar

"A long life, a short life – – -what matters it? What is important is that it be a life of beauty." ~~ Max Nordau

"Denial of sin is double sin." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"I must say that I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a book. " ~~ Groucho Marx

"Even if all other festivals vanish, not so the Day of Atonement." ~~ Safra

"This people is for peace and for health in a land full of fevers." ~~ Jessee Sampter

"Death is the end of all troubles." ~~ Midbar Yehuda

"Do not dishonor the old: we shall all be numbered among them." ~~ Ben Sira