The Jewish Wisdom Database

A lack of accomplishment is the greatest suffering.

The man who puts his talents to selfish uses commits spiritual suicide.

But how can you say, 'It was only talk, so no harm was done?' Were this true, then your prayers, and your words of kindness, would be a waste of breath.

A pupil receives but a fifth of the reward that accrues to the teacher.

Be very careful in teaching, for an error in teaching is tantamount to a willful transgression.

Thinking is more precious than all five senses.

Those who are pure of heart find new thoughts whenever they meditate.

People say, 'Time is money' but I say 'Money is time,' for every luxury costs so many precious hours of your life.

When two men sit together and fail to discuss Torah---lo! there is the seat of the scornful. But when two men do discuss Torah, the Holy Spirit rests on them.

Where there is no Torah there is no good conduct, and where there is no good conduct there can be no Torah.

He who honors the Torah is honored by mankind.

He who fulfills the Torah amidst his poverty will in the end fulfill it amidst wealth; he who neglects the Torah amidst wealth will in the end neglect it amidst poverty.

The only free man is he who engages in the study of Torah.

The more Torah, the more life.

Men who see Torah collapsing should have their eyes examined.

The side that breaks a truce during a war will lose.

Where there is no truth there is no grace.

The more a man understands, the more is expected of him.

The more money you have, the harder it is to part with it.

It is beyond man's power to explain the prosperity of the wicked, or the troubles of the good.

The wicked are easy to provoke and hard to calm.

The quintessence of wickedness is foolishness.

Make your home an assembling place for the wise, and drink their words with zeal.

It is wise to work as well as study Torah; between the two, you will forget to sin.

Just as your hand, held before the eye, can hide the tallest mountain, so this small earthly life keeps us from seeing the vast radiance that fills the core of the universe.