"The Sabbath is a day of rest, of mental scrutiny and of balance. Without it the workdays are insipid. " ~~ Chaim Nachman Bialik
"Can there be a banquet without preparations?" ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"Your talk on the Sabbath should not be like your talk on a weekday." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat
"It is permissible to assign charity to the poor on the Sabbath." ~~ Eleazar b. Pedat
"One should not ask about demons on the Sabbath. " ~~ Talmud, Sanhedrin
"To eat and drink on a festival in the company of your family without providing for the poor and distressed, is not “the joy of the commandment” but the joy of your stomach. It is a disgrace." ~~ Maimonides
"Israel will be redeemed only for Sabbath’s sake. " ~~ Leviticus (Vayikra) R.
"No one that feels a real link with the nation in his heart throughout the ages could imagine the existence of the Jewish people without “Sabbath the Queen”." ~~ Achad Ha’am
"The Sabbath is the Queen of the week." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat 119a
"The Sabbaths are for rest and the festivals for joy, not for fasting and weeping and crying." ~~ Maimonides
"A charity pledge may be taken even on Sabbath eve. " ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"It is the Sabbath, and one should not weep, for healing is nigh to come." ~~ Talmud, Shabbat