"The man from whom people learn must be especially strict with himself." ~~ (adapted from) Talmud, Bezah 2:6
"Blessed be he that keeps the Law!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 29:18
"Truth lives long and yet does not grow old." ~~ Imre Binah
"You do not take examples from a situation of emergency." ~~ Talmud Yerushalmi, Sukkah
"A gate once widened stays wide." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"It is impossible to overlook the extent to which civilization is built upon a renunciation of instinct. " ~~ Sigmund Freud
"Success to me is having ten honeydew melons, and eating only the top half of each one." ~~ Barbra Streisand
"Gossipers start with praise and end with derogation." ~~ Midrash Tanchuma Shelah, 9
"Why is Israel like a dove? Other birds, when tired, rest on a branch; but when the dove tires, she rests one wing and flies with the other." ~~ Midrash Genesis R. 39:10
"Even on the threshold of war, we [Jews] are bidden to begin in no other way than with peace, for it is written: “When you draw near a city to fight, first offer it peace.”" ~~ Midrash Leviticus R. 9
"Man who is merely a breath, whose life fades like a passing shadow." ~~ Psalms 144:4
"If you will remember the end of all things, you will cease hating." ~~ Ben Sira
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