The Jewish Wisdom Database

Men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all the other alternatives.

A community which has no synagogue and no shelter for the poor, must first provide for the poor.

Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.

When you come to a city, follow its customs.

A village without a school should be abolished.

My friend is he who will tell me my faults, in private.

The real guardians of a state are the teachers.

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.

Too many captains will sink a ship.

The prosperity of a country can be seen simply in how it treats its old people.

Work for peace within your family, then in your street, then within the community.

A man who is not a scholar by temperament should devote his time to public affairs.

To start a revolution is not hard; to end it well and launch a peaceful economy is beyond our powers.

A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.

As the generation, so the leader; as the leader, so the generation.

Most often, the man who becomes leader is not the one that knows the way but the one who behaves as if he does.

No leader should be set over the community without first consulting it.

Once a man is appointed leader of a community, he must be deemed mightiest of the mighty.

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

We must not appoint a leader over the community without first consulting the people.

When a man is able to take abuse with a smile, he is worthy to become a leader.

When a man is made leader of the community, he becomes rich.