"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
"The principal of the eternity of Torah bestows upon us the promise that it is possible to study Torah and to observe it not only at home or in the ghetto but everywhere in the world, be it the modern home, the laboratory, the campus or the industrial plant, in public as well as in private life. " ~~ Rav Yosef Dov Soloveitchik
"Men who see Torah collapsing should have their eyes examined." ~~ The Chofetz Chaim
"The study of Torah outweighs all sacrifices." ~~ Talmud, Menahoth 110a
"The only free man is he who engages in the study of Torah." ~~ Sayings of the Fathers 4:9
"The man who boasts: “I have naught but the Torah” has not even that." ~~ Talmud, Yevamot
"Science, though it seems to waste Torah, actually confirms and clarifies it." ~~ The Koretser Rabbi
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