The Talmud Quotes (36 Quotes)

To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong.

The burden is equal to the horse's strength.

The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it.

A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world

Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil for scripture declares him twice-blessed.

When you teach your son, you teach your son's son.

More people die from over-eating than from undernourishment

Richer is one hour of repentance and good works in this world than all of life of the world to come and richer is one hour's calm of spirit in the world to come than all of life of this world

The sun will set without my assistance.

Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order.

Hire yourself out to work, which is beneath you, rather than become dependent on others

This is the punishment of a liar he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth.

There are stars who's light only reaches the earth long after they have fallen appart. There are people who's remembrance gives light in this world, long after they have passed away. This light shines in our darkest nights on the road we must follow.

He who adds not to his learning, diminishes it.

A dream which is not interpreted is like a letter which is not read.

Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end.

There is no pity for a man who moans about living in one town and does not move to another.

Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend be discreet.

The Divine Spirit does not reside in any except the joyful heart

You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think

The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.

If one man says to thee, ''Thou art a donkey,'' pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle.

Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes.

No labor, however humble, is dishonoring.

Who can protest an injustice but does not is an accomplice to the act

He who is without a wife dwells without blessing, life, joy, help, good, and peace

For the unlearned, old age is winter for the learned it is the season of the harvest.

If silence be good for the wise, how much better for fools

He whose wisdom exceeds his works, to what may he be likened To a tree whose branches are numerous but whose roots are few. The wind comes along and uproots it and sweeps it down.

Who is wise One who learns from all.

The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgent

A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed but did not.

Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good fortune lasts. Second, his relatives they go only as far as the grave, leave him there. The third friend, his good deeds, go with him beyond the grave.

Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, Grow, grow.

Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures and everyone whose wisdom is more than his deeds, his wisdom does not endure.