Inspirational Quotes from the Talmud (Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith)

Inspirational Quotations by The Talmud (Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith)

The Talmud is a sacred text of the Jewish faith—it is the corpus of Jewish civil and ceremonial law and legend.

The word Talmud is short for ‘Talmud Torah,’ which means “study of the Torah” in Hebrew. The Torah is the Hebrew term for the Pentateuch, the first five books of the Bible (Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy.)

The Talmud is composed of several volumes of rabbinical discussions about the interpretation of the Biblical text related to Jewish history, philosophy, ethics, and customs—the meaning and conduct of life, in general.

The central part of the Talmud is the Mishnah, a record of the core teachings of the Jewish faith that were previously preserved only orally. Surrounding the Mishnah is the Gemara, the interpretation and commentaries of the Mishnah.

The Talmud has no single author. Instead, it is a collection of several volumes, to which Jewish scholars have added their accumulated knowledge over time since about 220 CE.

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Inspirational Quotes from the Talmud (Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith)

All ailings, only not the ailing of heart; all evils, but not an evil wife.
—The Talmud

He who helps himself will be helped by God.
—The Talmud
Topics: Labor

If you touch pitch, it will stick to your fingers; even so, if you associate with evil companions, you will acquire their vices.
—The Talmud
Topics: Associates

He who devotes himself to the mere study of religion without engaging in works of love and mercy is like one who has no God.
—The Talmud
Topics: Religion

Slaves should never be addressed as such, for the name itself is contemptible.
—The Talmud

The chief thing is not learning, but the deed.
—The Talmud
Topics: Wisdom

Attend no auctions if thou hast no money.
—The Talmud
Topics: Business

Almsgiving is practised by means of money, but charity also by personal services and by words of advice, sympathy, and encouragement. Almsgiving is a duty towards the poor only, but charity towards the rich as well as the poor, nay, even towards the dead (by taking care of their decent burial).
—The Talmud
Topics: Charity

He who humiliates himself will be lifted up; he who raises himself up will be humiliated.
—The Talmud
Topics: Humility

To him who curbs his wrath, his sins will be forgiven.
—The Talmud
Topics: Anger

One man may earn immortality by the work of a few short years, while others earn it by the work of a long life.
—The Talmud
Topics: Immortality

The love which shirks from reproving is no love.
—The Talmud
Topics: Love

Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scripture declares him twice-blessed.
—The Talmud
Topics: Results

The teachers are the guardians of a State.
—The Talmud
Topics: Wisdom

Blessed is he who gives from his substance to the poor; twice blessed he who accompanies his gift with kind, comforting words.
—The Talmud
Topics: Charity

One seldom meets a man who likes his fellow artist.
—The Talmud
Topics: Jealousy

The testimony of a usurer is not valid before the court of Justice.
—The Talmud

Lend to the poor in the time of their need.
—The Talmud

Laughter and levity habituate a man to lewdness.
—The Talmud

Where the sages bid us beware for the sake of outward appearances, they mean us to regard even our innermost chamber as a marketplace.
—The Talmud

Whatever God does is done for our good.
—The Talmud

A woman is a shrewder observer of guests than a man.
—The Talmud
Topics: Woman

A man’s wife has scarcely breathed her last when another is waiting to take her place.
—The Talmud

Consider three things, and thou wilt never fall into sin: remember that there is above thee an All-Seeing Eye, an All-Hearing Ear, and a record of all thy actions.
—The Talmud

Prayer is Israel’s only weapon, a weapon inherited from its fathers, a weapon tried in a thousand battles.
—The Talmud
Topics: Prayer

To be unmarried is to live without joy, without blessing, without kindness, without religion, and without peace.
—The Talmud

What the child says out of doors he has learnt in doors.
—The Talmud

Charity is more than sacrifices.
—The Talmud
Topics: Charity

He who judges without mercy will himself be judged.
—The Talmud
Topics: Mercy

Be always sincere in your yea and your nay.
—The Talmud
Topics: Sincerity

Even when the gates of heaven are shut to prayer, they are open to those of tears.
—The Talmud
Topics: Prayer

It is necessary to have a knowledge of the world, besides a knowledge of the Holy Law.
—The Talmud
Topics: Wisdom

The meddler has his spoon in every pot.
—The Talmud

In eating, a third of the stomach should be filled with food, a third with drink and the rest left empty.
—The Talmud
Topics: Weight

Honor your wife that you may become rich.
—The Talmud

The thief’s end is the gallows.
—The Talmud

The shepherd is lame and the goats are nimble, but at the entrance of the fold they will have to meet him and at the door of the stable they will be counted.
—The Talmud
Topics: Justice

Misery and remorse are the children of revenge.
—The Talmud
Topics: Revenge

Truth lasts forever, but falsehood must vanish.
—The Talmud
Topics: Truth

Pride leads to the destruction of man.
—The Talmud
Topics: Pride