The Talmud Quotes

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

The highest form of wisdom is kindness.

Who is wise? One who learns from all.

Make your books your companions.

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

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

Breed not a savage dog, nor permit a loose stairway.

He who loves money will not be satisfied with money.

Life is so short we must move very slowly.

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

No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.

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

Examine the contents, not the bottle.

Who is rich? He that rejoices in his portion.

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.

If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools.

Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet.

A person who seeks help for a friend, while needy himself, will be answered first.

A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

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

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

Do not decide that someone is good until you see how he or she acts at home.

If one man says to thee, ''Thou art a donkey',' pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.

The Divine Spirit does not reside in any except the joyful heart.

Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.