WISDOM
Death is nothing but a move from
one house to another. If we are wise,
we strive to make the latter the more
beautiful home.
Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk
If your desire is to be loved – then love
others. Baal Shem Tov
TEXT: COMPILED BY LIZ SAMUELS
Just as darkness is often hidden behind
light, so does light hide behind darkness.
Rabbi Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin
Everyone knows the price of things, but few know their true
value. Everyone knows that there is a Creator but few know
G-d’s true value. Rabbi Levi Ytzchak of Berditchev
People are very careful not to swallow an insect, but they are
not careful about devouring a person.
Rabbi Baruch of Medzibuz
Rather than worrying about what to do tomorrow, you are
better off fixing what you did yesterday.
Rabbi Ze’ev Wolf of Zhitomir
I have seen a wise person get tripped up by
foolishness, but I have yet to see a fool get tripped up
by wisdom. Rabbi Izel Charif
Be not proud! Never look upon anything to call it
your own, neither your possessions, nor your bodily
strength and good looks, nor your intelligence and
abilities, but always remember that it is not you who
have procured these things for yourself, but G-d
Who has lent them to you, that it is He alone Whom
you have to thank for them; nay, more, that He is still
Master of them although you call them yours. Think of
this and beware of pride.
Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch
Akavia ben Mahalalel says: Consider three things and
you will not come into the grip of sin: Know whence
you came, whither you go, and before Whom you will
give justification and reckoning. “Whence you came?”
– from a putrid drop; “whither you go?” – to a place of
dust, worms and maggots; “and before Whom you give
justification and reckoning?” – before the King Who
reigns over kings, the Holy One, Blessed is He.
Pirkei Avos Chapter 3 verse 1 JL