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All education starts with forbidding.
- Leo Baeck, "Essence of Judaism"
- Leo Baeck, "Essence of Judaism"
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Daily Jewish Wisdom
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Green Gaia
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Repose is good when it is rest, when we have chosen it...it is not good when it is our sole occupation.
- Ludwig Boerne, "From My Diary"
- Ludwig Boerne, "From My Diary"
Green Gaia
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The Sabbath is a mirror of the world to come.
- Zohar, Genesis, 48a
- Zohar, Genesis, 48a
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Man's creed is that he believes in God, and therefore in mankind, but not that he believes in a creed.
- Baeck, "Essence of Judaism"
- Baeck, "Essence of Judaism"
Green Gaia
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Before you can find God, you must lose yourself.
- Baal Shem
- Baal Shem
Green Gaia
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If any man was wronged by another and he neither rebukes, nor hates, nor bears a grudge against him, but forgives him with his whole heart, this is a saintly virtue...
- Code of Jewish Law
- Code of Jewish Law
Green Gaia
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It is improper to consider personal danger when the public welfare is at stake.
- Maimonides, "Iggeret Teman"
- Maimonides, "Iggeret Teman"
Green Gaia
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The good die young that they may not degenerate; the wicked live on that they may have a chance to repent, or to produce a virtuous progeny.
- Zohar, Genesis, 56b
- Zohar, Genesis, 56b
Green Gaia
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A wise man will carefully avoid excess, lest he give the impression of haughtiness.
- Maimonides
- Maimonides
Green Gaia
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We call [the holiday] the Festival of Lights, giving this name to it, I think, from the fact that the right to worship appeared to us [like a flash of light] at a time when we hardly dared hope for it.
- Josephus, Jewish Antiquities
- Josephus, Jewish Antiquities
Green Gaia
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The acts of the leader are the acts of the nation. If the leader is just, the nation is just; if he is unjust, the nation too is unjust and is punished for the sins of the leader.
- Zohar
- Zohar
Green Gaia
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A miracle cannot prove what is impossible; it is useful only to confirm what is possible.
- Maimonides, "Guide for the Perplexed"
- Maimonides, "Guide for the Perplexed"
Green Gaia
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Discontent is the source of trouble, but also of progress.
- Berthold Auerbach, "On the Heights," 1865
- Berthold Auerbach, "On the Heights," 1865
Green Gaia
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To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul.
- Simone Weil, "The Need for Roots"
- Simone Weil, "The Need for Roots"
Green Gaia
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Giving must culminate in service and action in character. But in order to be, enough doing must precede.
- Montefiore, "Liberal Judaism"
- Montefiore, "Liberal Judaism"
Green Gaia
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Say little but do much.
- Pirkei Avot 1:15
- Pirkei Avot 1:15
Green Gaia
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Wisdom, properly used, is a remedy for every ill; but when misdirected, becomes an incurable disease.
- Bahya, Hobot HaLebabot
- Bahya, Hobot HaLebabot
Green Gaia
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The highest peace is the peace between opposites.
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
- Rebbe Nachman of Breslov
Green Gaia
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As soon as father Abraham conceives of Judaism, the process of "Go forth" begins.
- Mendele, "Di Alte Maase"
- Mendele, "Di Alte Maase"
Green Gaia
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Shame is an iron fence against sin.
- Orhot Tzaddikim, 15C
- Orhot Tzaddikim, 15C