Jewish Quotations

"The crown of a good name is greater than the crown of learning." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 3:13

"Just as one must respect the memory of one’s widow, so one must respect one’s divorcee. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.

"The Sabbath was delivered unto you, and not you unto the Sabbath." ~~ Talmud, Yoma 25b

"When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. " ~~ Abraham Joshua Heschel

"If you talk too much, you’ll say what you didn’t intend to." ~~ (adapted from) Proverbs (Mishle)

"It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and then not pay." ~~ Ecclesiastes (Kohelet) 5:4

"Education is an unfinished symphony." ~~ Aranne

"A curse? You should have a lot of money, but you should be the only one in your family with it." ~~ Ernst Lubitsch

"If you grasp too much, you cannot hold it; when you take a little, you can." ~~ Talmud, Rosh Hashanah 4b

"I am not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens. " ~~ Woody Allen

"Whoever does no work will suffer all his life." ~~ Maimonides

"Even the wisest of kings needs advice." ~~ Meiri