Jewish Quotations

"A man should not say, “I will love the learned and hate the unlearned”; he should say, “I will love them all.”" ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan, 16

"If you do not suffer the toil of study, you will suffer the toil of ignorance." ~~ Moshe Ben Ezra

"Until my creation I was unworthy and, now that I have been created, it is as though I still exist not." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot

"There is a long way that is short and a short one that is long." ~~ Talmud, Eiruvin

"A poor man, if content, is rich!" ~~ Shmuel Hanagid

"Be wise not in words but in deeds!" ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"It is a time of distress for Jacob, yet he shall be saved out of it. " ~~ Jeremiah (Yirmeyahu) 30:7

"Survival is nothing more than recovery." ~~ Dianne Feinstein

"Who shames his friend in public has no share in the world to come." ~~ Avot 3:11

"Love that springs from nature is deemed strong love." ~~ P. Eliyahu

"The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it. " ~~ Joan Rivers

"Wisdom lifts up the poor man’s head and sets him among princes." ~~ Ben Sira 11:1