Recommended Reading
- ‘The Essential Talmud‘ by Adin Steinsaltz
- ‘The Talmud: A Selection‘ by Norman Solomon
- ‘Everyman’s Talmud: The Major Teachings of the Rabbinic Sages‘ by Abraham Cohen
- ‘Reference Guide to the Talmud‘ by Rabbi Adin Steinsaltz
Inspirational Quotes from the Talmud (Sacred Text of the Jewish Faith)
To break a verbal engagement, though legally not binding, is a moral wrong.
—The Talmud
Topics: Truth
Who is a wise man? He who looks into the future.
—The Talmud
Topics: Wisdom
Anger profiteth nobody.
—The Talmud
Topics: Anger
Ignorance and conceit go hand in hand.
—The Talmud
Topics: Wisdom, Conceit
It is a bounden duty to visit the sick.
—The Talmud
The righteous control their desires, but the desires of the wicked control them.
—The Talmud
It is sinful to deceive any man, be he even a heathen.
—The Talmud
Topics: Truth
Examine the contents, not the bottle.
—The Talmud
He who loves thee scolds thee.
—The Talmud
Topics: Love
Envy, lust, ambition, bring a man to perdition.
—The Talmud
When a son is called to do a service for his parents, he must first see that his person is tidy and clean; for a child must attend to his parents as though they were his king and queen.
—The Talmud
The death of the righteous is a calamity equal in magnitude to the burning of the Temple.
—The Talmud
He who cannot bear one word of reproof will have to hear many.
—The Talmud
He who unjustly hands over one man’s goods to another, he shall pay God for it with his own soul.
—The Talmud
Topics: Honesty
The value of the words uttered with the lips is determined by the devotion of the heart.
—The Talmud
Topics: Prayer
The love which shirks from reproving is no love.
—The Talmud
Topics: Love
He who gives way to his wrath makes desolate his house.
—The Talmud
Topics: Anger
The disciples of the wise are engaged all their days in building up the world.
—The Talmud
Topics: Wisdom
The less the merits of a person are, the more he will feel urged to proclaim them to the public.
—The Talmud
The study of God’s Word is the only antidote against temptation.
—The Talmud
Topics: Temptation
Guard thy mouth from uttering an unseemly word.
—The Talmud
Topics: Slander
A man commits sin in secret; but the Holy One proclaims it openly.
—The Talmud
Topics: Sin
He who turns away from the works of love and charity, turns away from God.
—The Talmud
Topics: Charity
Regulate thy will in accordance with God’s will, and submit thy will to His will.
—The Talmud
There is a compensation for everything except our first love.
—The Talmud
Topics: Love
Who is a hero? He who conquers his urges
—The Talmud
Topics: Heroes
Do not appease thy fellow in his hour of anger; do not comfort him while the dead is still laid out before him; do not question him in the hour of his vow; and do not strive to see him in his hour of misfortune.
—The Talmud
What is sweeter than sweetness? Peace after enmity.
—The Talmud
Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend’s friend has a friend; be discreet.
—The Talmud
Topics: Gossip
All ailings, only not the ailing of heart; all evils, but not an evil wife.
—The Talmud
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