Inspirational Talmud Quotes

"The highest form of wisdom is kindness.”

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“There are stars who's light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen appart. There are people who's remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow.”

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"No labor, however humble, is dishonoring."

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"Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end."

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"A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished."

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"When you teach your son, you teach your son's son."

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"The sun will set without thy assistance."

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"There is no pity for a man who moans about living in one town and does not move to another."

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"Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies."

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"You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think."

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"For the unlearned, old age is winter; for the learned it is the season of the harvest."

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 "A righteous man falls down seven times and gets up."

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"Live well. It is the greatest revenge."

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“Doubt cannot override a certainty.”

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“Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.”

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“Examine the contents, not the bottle.”

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“Who can protest an injustice but does not is an accomplice to the act.”

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“Don't use the conduct of a fool as a precedent.”

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“He who loves money will not be satisfied with it.”

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“Life is so short we must move very slowly.”

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“More people die from over-eating than from undernourishment.”

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"The liar’s punishment is that even when he speaks the truth, no one believes him."

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"No two minds are alike, just as no two faces are alike."

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"A person’s true character is ascertained by three parameters: his cup, his pocket and his anger."

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"The world is a dark place for one who looks to the table of others."

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"Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes."

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"No one is truly poor, save for someone who is ill."

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"A prisoner cannot free himself."

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"Just as you are obligated to speak when your words will be heeded, you must remain silent when you know your words will be ignored."

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"If you have guarded your mouth from evil speech, your days will be peaceful."

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"Silence is beautiful for wise people; it is all the more beautiful for fools."

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"Even a poor person who subsists on the charity of others should perform acts of charity."

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"For many afflictions, silence is the best remedy."

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"Where men truly wish to go, there their feet will manage to take them."

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"If it be as clear to you as the light of morn, say it! If it be not, say it not."

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"The talk of the child in the street is that of his father or mother at home."

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"If you do not know what there is on earth, do you expect to know what there is in heaven?"

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"Much have I learned from my teachers, more from my colleagues, but most from my students."

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"Who shames his friend in public is as one that sheds blood."

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"Anger in a home is like rottenness in fruit."

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"The wheel always comes full circle."

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"It is not the place that honors its man, but the man that honors his place."

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"Anger and wrath are angels of destruction."

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"Hate is like a channel made by water: it widens continually."

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"Whether you do little or much, let it be out of good intentions."

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"Blessed is the son who studies with his father, and blessed is the father who teaches his son."

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"The begger is hungry and does not know it."

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"Whoever causes the loss of a single soul is as though he caused the loss of a world entire, and whoever saves one is as though he saved a universe."

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"Weep for the mourners and not for the dead, for he is gone to his rest and we are left to lament."

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"Three things drain a man’s health: worry, travel and sin."

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"Jewelry is only elegant if the wearer is."

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"Shutting one’s eye from charity is like worshiping idols."

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"Hope for a miracle but don’t depend on one."

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"Honor your father, even if you have to go begging from door to door."

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"God loves those who do not insist upon their privileges."

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"A town without schoolchildren is doomed to destruction."

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"Never promise something to a child and not give it to him, because in that way he learns to lie."

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"If you are a man of the sword, you can’t claim to be a man of the book; and if you are a man of the book, you will not be a man of the sword."

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"It is better to eat herbs and fear no creditors, than eat meat and have to hide from them."

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"Benevolence is kindlier than charity."

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"Happy the generation where the big listen to the little."

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"If a word be worth one shekel, silence is worth two."

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"What is hateful to thee, never do to thy fellow man: that is the entire Torah; all the rest is commentary."

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"Don’t worry about tomorrow: who knows, what may befall you this day?"

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"Hospitality to strangers shows reverence for the name of the Lord."

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"A gate once widened stays wide."

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"He who studies but does not repeat his lessons is as one who plants but does not enjoy the fruit."

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"Him who humbles himself, God exalts; him who exalts himself, God humbles; from him who searches for greatness, greatness flies; him who flies from greatness, greatness searches out: with him who is importunate with circumstances, circumstance is importunate; by him who gives way to circumstance, circumstance stands."

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"Greater is he who acts from love than he who acts from fear."

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