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)

Charitable people silence the complaints of the poor. God says to these pious ones: “By your liberality you reconcile the poor man with Myself; you make peace between us”.
—The Talmud
Topics: Charity

Who is a wise man? He who looks into the future.
—The Talmud
Topics: Wisdom

Even if it happens that the son is a teacher, yet if the father is present, the son must rise before him in the presence of all his pupils.
—The Talmud

Four dispositions are found among those who bestow charity. There is he who is willing to give, but does not wish others to give: he has an envious eye towards others. There is he who wishes others to give, but who will not give himself: he has an evil eye towards himself. He who is willing to give and wishes others to give also, is a pious man. He who neither gives himself nor wishes others to give, is a wicked man.
—The Talmud
Topics: Charity

He who cheerfully submits to sufferings brings salvation to the world.
—The Talmud

He who teaches his son no trade is as if he taught him to steal.
—The Talmud
Topics: Labor

Sinful thoughts are even more dangerous than sin itself.
—The Talmud
Topics: Thoughts

If in after life the son prospers and is richer than his father, he must see that his prosperity is shared by his parents. He must not live in greater luxury than they; he must not allow them to suffer poverty while he enjoys wealth. But the son must not make himself obnoxious by too many attentions.
—The Talmud

The loss of a pious man is a loss to his whole generation.
—The Talmud

The study of the Law, when not sustained by secular work, must come to an end, and involve one in sin.
—The Talmud

Wrong neither thy brother in faith nor him who differs from thee in faith.
—The Talmud
Topics: Justice

A woman loves a poor youth rather than a rich old man.
—The Talmud
Topics: Woman

The daughter’s doings have been the mother’s acts.
—The Talmud

Where the children honor their parents, there God dwells, there He is honored.
—The Talmud

Good men promise little and perform much. Wicked men promise much and perform nothing.
—The Talmud
Topics: Promises

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

So great is the virtue of repentance that it prolongs a man’s years.
—The Talmud
Topics: Repentance

He who repeatedly sins, looking forward to penitence to cover his sins, his penitence will avail him nothing.
—The Talmud
Topics: Repentance

Charity is more valuable than sacrifices, and alone equals the exercise of all religious forms.
—The Talmud
Topics: Charity

The husband should always endeavor to provide bread for his house, for quarrel begins mostly on account of improvidence.
—The Talmud

If one finds a marked article he should advertise it publicly, so that the owner may recover it.
—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

Man’s passions at first are like a cobweb’s thread, at last become like thickest cord.
—The Talmud
Topics: Passion

Swear not, even to the truth, unless the court compels you to do so.
—The Talmud
Topics: Swearing

None may be called venerable save the wise.
—The Talmud
Topics: Age

He who is continually struggling with poverty is often enticed, on account of his sufferings, to murmur against an all-wise Providence. He frequently thinks: “Am I not also God’s creature? Why does there exist such difference between me and the wealthy? He sleeps quietly in his splendid mansion, and I have to lie in my miserable hut; he sleeps in his soft bed, and I am obliged to take my rest on the hard floor”.
—The Talmud
Topics: Charity

He who is bashful before others but is not before himself is wanting in self-respect.
—The Talmud
Topics: Self-respect

The Sabbath is given to man, not man to the Sabbath.
—The Talmud

Let a man be careful to honor his wife, for he owes to her alone all the blessings of his house.
—The Talmud

The ultimate end of all knowledge and wisdom is man’s inner purification and the performance of good and noble deeds.
—The Talmud
Topics: Wisdom