The Jewish Wisdom Database

If we do not help a man in trouble, it is as if we caused the trouble.

He who cannot accept reproof cannot become great.

You can't drive away the darkness with sticks or weapons. The only way is to light a candle and the darkness will disappear by itself. Our candle is the Torah.

Faith is not only in the heart; it should be put into words.

Freedom is the world of joy.

Don't ask God to change the laws of nature for you.

The man whose good deeds exceed his wisdom is like a tree with few branches and many roots: all the raging winds will not move him.

The reward of a mitzva? Another mitzva!

One mitzva (good deed) leads to another, just as one averah (sin) leads to another.

Whoever performs one good action gains an advocate, whoever commits a sin procures an accuser.

The man who has led a good life will find many allies.

Good men are hard to provoke and easy to calm.

Pray for political stability, for if not for fear of the government men would swallow each other alive.

Pray for political stability, for if not for fear of the government men would swallow each other alive.

A government can fall because of one injustice.

The man who can't accept criticism can't become great.

More die from overeating than from undereating.

The trip is never too hard, if you know you're going home.

The crown of a good name is greater than the crown of learning.

Welcome everyone---with joy.

The world goes on because of those who close their lips when they meet hostility from others.

Where there is no knowledge there can be no insight, and where there is no insight there can be no knowledge.

A true Jew is distinguished by three characteristics: sympathy, modesty, benevolence.

The best weapons of Jew are his prayers.

It is no challenge to die like a Jew; the true challenge is to live like a Jew.