More Quotations #3

As mentioned previously, I love to collect things people say, so I thought I would add a page of that just for fun. Some of these are related to the subject of biblical ethics.

◌ Forgiveness is mine; I will repay.
Something that came to me as I was giving up a part of me that needed desperately to be in our G-d's hands some months ago.

◌ I cannot repay you with my lack of forgiveness, unless I receive permission from my Bookkeeper [similar to what Tim H said].

◌ Heads, I win; tails, you lose. ~~ An ancient Jewish saying

◌ If a Cretan says, "All Cretans are liars," is he lying? ~~ an ancient saying.

◌ Blame-shifting is surely a tell-tale sign of a rebellious heart. ~~ Tim H

◌ Cash in the hand is the best bargainer. ~~ Baba Metzia

◌ Who is strong? He who overcomes his desire. ~~ Ben Zoma

◌ Every commandment gives us another opportunity to honor HaShem. ~~ Tim H

◌ In accord with the effort is the reward. ~~ Avot 5:24

◌ What is the worst thing the "evil urge" can achieve? To make one forget that he is the son of a King. ~~ Rabbi Shelomo

◌ Roast your meat while the fire is burning ~~ Sanhedrin

◌ Everything G-d does is for the best. ~~ Berachot

◌ Know what is above us all -- an Eye which sees and an Ear which hears. ~~ Perkei Avot 2:1:IIE

◌ G-d does not wait for people to be perfect to take up His abode with them. ~~ Tim H

◌ I am not concerned about my identity with people; I am concerned about my identity with HaShem.

◌ Israel is not complete without the sojourners who join her. ~~ Tim H

◌ Do not judge your fellow until you are in his place. ~~ Hillel, Perkei Avot 2:4:IVF

◌ "He who learns when a child -- what is he like? Ink put down on a clean piece of paper. And he who learns when an old man -- what is he like? Ink put down on a paper full of erasures." ~~ Elisha b. Abuyah

◌ He who learns from old men -- what is he like? He who eats ripe grapes and drinks vintage wine. ~~ Avot 5:20

◌ Not the learning is the main thing but the doing. ~~ Simeon Perkei Avot 1:17 11A

◌ Move the learning into your heart. ~~ Perkei Avot 3:8:A:E

◌ (Of Scripture) Learning is inhaling; praising is exhaling . . . breathing back out to G-d ~~ Tim H

◌ It is not the mouse that is the thief but the hole ~~ Gitin