"Why is Israel like a dove? Other birds, when tired, rest on a branch; but when the dove tires, she rests one wing and flies with the other." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 39:10
"Even on the threshold of war, we [Jews] are bidden to begin in no other way than with peace, for it is written: “When you draw near a city to fight, first offer it peace.”" ~~ Midrash Leviticus R. 9
"Man who is merely a breath, whose life fades like a passing shadow." ~~ Psalms 144:4
"If you will remember the end of all things, you will cease hating." ~~ Ben Sira
"There is no real choice except by the working of the mind. " ~~ Chaim Vital
"In disputes between parents and children, the children always get the upper hand." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"The door which does not open to the poor will open to the physician." ~~ Levi, Pesikta Rabbati
"Compromise is best whenever practicability prevails." ~~ Aaron David Gordon
"Three things have a faint savor of the world to come: Sabbath, the sun and married love." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"No Jews felt more helpless in the face of anti-Semitism than those who had done everything deliberately and enthusiastically to adapt themselves to their environment." ~~ Leo Motzkin
"If you have abundance, give alms accordingly to match; if you have but a little, fear not to give accordingly. " ~~ Tobit 4:8
"Whoever called it necking was a poor judge of anatomy. " ~~ Groucho Marx