Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
Wisdom
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Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
Happiness
Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
Love
I was a great dreamer of day dreams.
Hope
If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
Wisdom
What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
Life
Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
Life
If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
Wisdom
If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.
Wisdom
Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
Education
What is wealth? A dream of fools.
Hope
The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.
Life
You must never tire fighting Satan.
Wisdom
God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.
Wisdom
If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.
Life
The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.
Life