The Jewish Wisdom Database

Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it ?

Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them.

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is to not stop questioning.

Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.

The search for truth is more precious than its possession.

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity.

Remember-you can't beam through a force field. So, don't try it.

What nature delivers to us is never stale. Because what nature creates has eternity in it.

For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.

If you want to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe.

The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyous.

The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition.

It may be said with a degree of assurance that not everything that meets the eye is as it appears.

There is a fifth dimension, beyond that which is known to man. It is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition.

What a wonderful machine Man's body is, a chemical laboratory and a power-station, every movement full of secrets and wonders!

The body is the instrument of the soul, to carry our all works.

The creation of something from nothing is beyond the understanding of the created.

Medicine is an important introduction to the virtues and the knowledge of God and for the attainment of real happiness.

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

Who can number the sands of the sea, and the rain-drips, and the days of eternity?

The origin of Man is eternity and to eternity he will return.

Fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge.