Hillel the Elder Quotes

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Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure.

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If I am not for myself who is for me? and being for my own self what am I? If not now when?

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God says: If you come to My House, I will come to yours.

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Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing peace, loving your fellow creatures and drawing them near to the Law.

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A name made great is a name destroyed. He who does not increase his knowledge decreases it.

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The more flesh, the more worms. The more possessions, the more worry.

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What is hateful to you do not do to your neighbor. That is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary.

Hillel the Elder