"Do not take bribes, for they blind the clear-eyed and upset the pleas of the just! " ~~ Exodus (Shmot) 23:8
"Blessed be he that keeps the Law!" ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 29:18
"Faith is the essence of Torah." ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim
"He who fulfills the Torah amidst his poverty will in the end fulfill it amidst wealth; he who neglects the Torah amidst wealth will in the end neglect it amidst poverty." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:9
"If food, which is ephemeral, requires a blessing before and after you eat it, how much more so the Torah, which is everlasting! " ~~ Talmud, Berakkhot
"Man looks to the outward show, but the Lord looks into the heart. " ~~ First Samuel (Shmuel 1) 16:7
"Arrange the ordinances in order, like a set table." ~~ Akiba, Mekilta
"Who withholds a law from his pupil robs him of his inheritance." ~~ Rab (Abba Arika)
"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
"You want me to teach you the whole Torah? This is its basic principle: What is hateful to yourself do not do to your fellow man. If you want no one to harm you, do not harm him; if you want no one to take what is yours, do not take from him what is his." ~~ Avot Derabbi Nathan, 27a
"Man does not live by bread alone. " ~~ Deuteronomy (Devarim) 8:3
"God created the Evil Impulse, but He also created its antidote, the Torah." ~~ Talmud, Kiddushin 30b
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