"Nothing is more precious than time and nothing so much abused." ~~ T. Shapira
"No community is wholly rich or wholly poor." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Gittin
"What comes out of the unclean is unclean, what comes out of the pure is pure." ~~ Talmud, Berakhot
"Men at work are not obliged to stand up when a sage passes by. [Other men are.]" ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin 33a
"Our passions are like travelers: at first they make a brief stay; then they are like guests, who visit often; and then they turn into tyrants, who hold us in their power." ~~ Talmud, Sukkah 52b