"The air of Israel lends wisdom." ~~ Talmud, Bava Batra
"God uses a man’s good deeds as seeds to plant trees in Paradise: in this way every man creates his own Paradise." ~~ The Mezeritzer Rabbi
"When the shepherd blunders, his flock blunders after him." ~~ Midrash Pirke de Rabbi Eliezer, 42
"The virtue of angels is that they cannot deteriorate; their flaw is that they cannot improve. Humanity’s flaw is that we can deteriorate; but our virtue is that we can improve. " ~~ Hasidic Proverb
"There are two kinds of speakers: one that we know in advance all that he is going to say and the other that even after he finishes his speech one does not know what he said." ~~ Samuel Joseph Agnon
"If you do a man a favor, do not regard it as a debt he must repay!" ~~ Mishle Shua’lim
"Better a little with fear of the Lord, than great treasure and turmoil." ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 15:16
"Even a child makes himself known by his acts. " ~~ Proverbs (Mishle) 20:11
"Who is the person that bares his nakedness here and it is beheld everywhere? The man that writes something and errs in writing it." ~~ Yehuda Ben Tibbon
"Looks explain words." ~~ [adapted from] Moses Ibn Ezra
"Man’s chief superiority over animals is his power of speech; if he abuses it, he is no higher than they." ~~ The Sassover Rabbi
"The opposite of talking isn’t listening. The opposite of talking is waiting. " ~~ Fran Lebowitz
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