Great Throughts Treasury

"Wisdom is not on par with good deeds."

"It is not learning but doing that is the most important thing."

"What is hateful to you don’t do to another. This is the whole Torah [i.e., Law]; the rest is commentary."

"He who refuses to learn deserves extinction."

"If I am not for myself, who will be for me? If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?"

"In a place where there are no humans One must strive to be human."

"Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place."