“What is wealth? A dream of fools.”

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

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.

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.

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.

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

You must never tire fighting Satan.

The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.

If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.

The dearest days in one’s life are those that seem very far and very near at once.

What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.

If you feel that you are good, don’t be too proud of it.

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.

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.

Sometimes the fool who rushes in gets the job done.

The difference between us and the other side is that they use populist and…kind of slogans that are…they fool the people.

No matter how large a horse’s ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.

I think that there are points where you become so close to an actor,

If you are prepared to make a fool of yourself for them then you usually get that back.

There was a time when a fool and his money were soon parted, but now it happens to everybody.

Jamie’s gonna go take a break now, and i am going to continue the on-going process of making a fool of myself and go ahead and try it myself.

Don’t work for fools. It’s not worth it.