"Why was the torah likened unto water? As water leaves a high place and flows to a low one, the Torah, too, rests only among those whose mind is humble." ~~ Talmud, Ta’anit
"The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father, or the father for the iniquity of the son; the righteousness of the righteous shall be upon himself, and the wickedness of the wicked upon him. " ~~ Ezekiel (Yechezkel) 18:20
"I grew up among wise men and learned that nothing is better than silence." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 1:17
"The only difference between the Democrats and the Republicans is that the Democrats allow the poor to be corrupt, too. " ~~ Oscar Levant
"A government can fall because of one injustice." ~~ The Chofetz Chaim
"A people’s only national literature is the one written in its national language." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"The soul is the light of the body." ~~ N. Amram
"The sons of sages are not always sages—so that no one can think Torah is inherited, and so that the sages’ sons do not hold themselves superior to others." ~~ (adapted from) Sayings of the Fathers 2:12
"No individual can be constructed entire without a link with the past." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"Wisdom without action is like a tree without fruit." ~~ Yosef Qinchi
"My mother loved children — she would have given anything if I had been one. " ~~ Groucho Marx
"Not all souls are alike." ~~ Moshe Cordoviero
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