"To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time. " ~~ Leonard Bernstein
"A good man who speaks evil is like a palace next to a tannery: one defect destroys all the grandeur." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 56b
"Those who don’t know how to weep with their whole heart, don’t know how to laugh either. " ~~ Golda Meir
"To use the Torah is more important than to study it." ~~ Talmud, Berkhot
"It is easier to make outrageous demands of others than the simplest of yourself." ~~ Ben Zvi
"There is no limit to the contents that can be poured into the vessel called man. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"Let a stranger live with you, and he’ll estrange your way of life." ~~ Apocrypha: Ben Sira
"O Death! If men knew you, they would embrace you!" ~~ Beth Middot
"When Israel is in trouble, the Lord, as it were, is troubled, too." ~~ Tanchuma
"God created Man. . .and placed him in the power of his desire." ~~ Ben Sira 15:14
"An impatient man cannot be a teacher. " ~~ Hillel
"Happiness is the one good thing that all long for." ~~ Midrash Shmuel