20 Quotations FoundID:296
Nobody is ever impoverished through the giving of charity.
ID:2340
One should accept the truth from whatever source it proceeds.
ID:2603
Give graciously, cheerfully, and sympathetically.
ID:2604
There are eight rungs in charity. The highest is when you help a man to help himself.
ID:2618
The great sages were porters, smiths, hewers of wood and drawers of water...accepting nothing from the community.
ID:2630
The Sabbaths are for rest and the festivals for joy, not for fasting and weeping and crying.
ID:2631
To eat and drink on a festival in the company of your family without providing for the poor and distressed, is not 'the joy of the commandment' but the joy of your stomach. It is a disgrace.
ID:2689
If a poor man asks for alms, and you have nothing to give, console him with words; for it is forbidden to chastise a poor man or raise your voice against him, since his heart is broken.
ID:2752
Our sages recommended that a father should spend less than his means on food, up to his means on dress, and beyond his means for his wife and children.
ID:2830
Whoever does no work will suffer all his life.
ID:2837
Men's features are not alike; nor are their opinions.
ID:2896
A miracle cannot prove that which is impossible; it is useful only as a confirmation of what is possible.
ID:2952
It is imperative that most men work in [physically] productive occupations, so that the few who devote themselves entirely to learning may have their wants provided; in this way, the human race goes on, and knowledge is enriched.
ID:2985
What is lofty can be said in any language, and what is mean should be said in none.
ID:3016
When I see no way of teaching a truth but one that will please one intelligent man but will offend ten thousand fools, I address myself to the one, and ignore the censure of the thousands.
ID:3018
He who has not studied enough and teaches imperfect knowledge is to be treated as if he has sinned intentionally.
ID:3060
The Torah is truth, and the purpose of knowing it is to live by it.
ID:3066
A truth does not become greater by repetition.
ID:3067
The Torah is truth, and the purpose of knowing it is to live by it.
ID:3099
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king.