Inspirational Quotations by The Talmud

  • Every blade of grass has its Angel that
    bends over it and whispers, Grow, Grow
    From Issue 18
  • Examine the contents, not the bottle.
    From Issue 152
  • Richer is one hour of repentance
    and good works in this world than
    all of life of the world to come;
    and richer is one hour's calm of spirit in the world
    to come than all of life of this world.
    From Issue 187
  • As a tree is known by its fruit, so man by his works.
    From Issue 353
  • Learn first and philosophize afterwards.
    From Issue 353
  • Even for the rebuilding of the Temple the instruction of the children must not be interrupted.
    From Issue 353
  • No Israelite is allowed to lend usuriously to a non-Israelite.
    From Issue 353
  • Silence is consent.
    From Issue 353
  • Sinful thoughts are even more dangerous than sin itself.
    From Issue 353
  • He who lives by the work of his hands is greater than he who indulges in idle piety.
    From Issue 353
  • A miser is as wicked as an idolater.
    From Issue 353
  • First correct thyself, then correct others.
    From Issue 353
  • When the castle goes to ruin, castle is still its name; when the dunghill rises, still it is a dunghill.
    From Issue 353
  • Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time.
    From Issue 353
  • A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read.
    From Issue 353
  • All ailings, only not the ailing of heart; all evils, but not an evil wife.
    From Issue 353
  • Whatever is hateful to thee, do not to thy neighbor.
    From Issue 375

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