Wisdom Archives - Jewish Quotations

"I honestly think it is better to be a failure at something you love than to be a success at something you hate. " ~~ George Burns

"If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut. " ~~ Albert Einstein

"Not every one with a fabulous memory is clever." ~~ Samuel David Luzzatto

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. " ~~ Albert Einstein

"Wise men have become fools because of the charms of a beautiful woman." ~~ Jacob Klatzkin

"The nice thing about being a celebrity is that when you bore people, they think it’s their fault. " ~~ Henry Kissinger

"Who eats fat sleeps in the attic; who eats greens may sleep on a dunghill unafraid." ~~ Talmud, Pessachim

"Do not offer your food to one who has no appetite for it!" ~~ Mivchar Hapeninim

"Everything follows the head." ~~ Pirqe Derabbi Eliezer

"Go to bed without dinner and rise without a debt!" ~~ Yehuda Ben Tibbon

"Tell not your trouble to one who has none!" ~~ Shmuel Hanagid

"The best worship is silence and hope." ~~ Ibn Gabirol