Talmud Quotes: top 27 famous quotes about Talmud

Talmud Quotes & Sayings

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I'm a Larry David fan, right? And it seems to me that Jewish history from the Talmud on has been a self-deprecating, self-critical kind of humor. — Peter Eisenman

The Jewish Talmud is right in saying that the prayer in which there is no mention of the kingdom of God is not a prayer at all (Berakoth 21a). — John F. MacArthur Jr.

Educator Norman Lamm said, In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study. — H.W. Charles

According to the Talmud, every blade of grass has its own angel bending over it, whispering, Grow, grow. — Barbara Brown Taylor

The holy book in the longest continuous use - the Talmud - commands the observant one to thank his maker every day that he was not born a woman. — Christopher Hitchens

One of the happiest consequences of the absence of government ... is the development of individual strength that inevitably follows. — Alexis De Tocqueville

The following sentiments are illustrative of the philosophy of the Talmud: "Love peace and pursue it at any cost." — Frederic Farrar

All is in the hands of God, except the fear of God ... — The Talmud

I try to talk about things I know about. But my characters are more of a combination of people or how I imagine people would feel. — Art Alexakis

I wanted to write a commentary on the Bible, to write about the Talmud, about celebration, about the great eternal subjects: love and happiness. — Elie Wiesel

Say little and do much, and receive all men with a cheerful countenance — The Talmud

There are thousands of codes in the Torah which are decoded by the Talmud. — H.W. Charles

As a child I received instruction in both the Bible and in the Talmud. I am a Jew, but I am enthralled by the luminous figure of the Nazarene. — Albert Einstein

Why do you weep? Have I taken anything of yours? Only what was mine did I take. — The Talmud

The Talmud: Heart's Blood of the Jewish Faith ... — Herman Wouk

Keep score, which is what the Talmud recognizes as a distinction between work and play that renders a game unfit for the Sabbath. — John Thorn

I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand. — Arthur Hertzberg

Whoever saves one life, saves a world entire." - Talmud — Danielle Steel

Hell of simulation, which is no longer one of torture, but of subtle, maleficent, elusive twisting of meaning ... — Jean Baudrillard

The dead are way more organized than the living. — China Mieville

You don't see things as they are. You see things as you are. -- Talmud — Jennifer P. Schneider

Every burned book enlightens the world. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If the eye could see the demons that people the universe, existence would be impossible. - Talmud, Berakhot, 6 — Umberto Eco

It is written in the Jewish law book, the Talmud, that only the Jew is human, that Gentiles are only animals. — Julius Streicher

Every blade of grass has its Angel that bends over it and whispers, "Grow, grow." - The Talmud — Sapphire.

My ambition really was, even as a child, to be a writer, a commentator, and a teacher, but a teacher of Talmud. — Elie Wiesel

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