Jewish Quotations

"Curses curse their utterers. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.

"The prevailing pilosophy of education tends to discredit hard work." ~~ Abraham Flexner

"You can’t buy love, but you can pay heavily for it." ~~ Henny Youngman

"Even God will not scorn a bruised and broken heart." ~~ Achad Ha’am

"If you cannot find peace within yourself, it profits not to seek it elsewhere. " ~~ S. Hurvitz

"False scales are an abomination to the Lord; but a just weight is His delight." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 11:1

"The creation of a single man is as weighty a thing as the creation of the whole universe." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan

"Knowledge that is paid for will be longer remembered." ~~ Nachman of Bratslav

"For the pious, Paradise exists everywhere." ~~ Disraeli

"What you do not give in charity voluntarily, the heathen will take from you forcibly. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra

"I don’t like those who are as “pure as snow”—for snow is not long white and pure, but soon turns muddy and soiled." ~~ (based on) The Riziner Rabbi

"What is the worst sickness? A bad neighbor." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim