Cool Quotes for Tishrei

Compiled by Brielle Goodman
Johns Hopkins University
KOACH on Campus Editor

"Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said, 'On three things the world stands: on justice, on truth, and on peace.' Rav Muna said, 'These three are one thing:  Where justice is done, truth is done and peace is made.' Every place there is justice, there is peace."

from Perek Hashalom (Chapter on Peace), 2, in Derekh Eretz Zuta
(a minor tractate in the Talmud)

"As long as there is life, there is hope."

Talmud

"The powerful person is one who is master over himself."

Pirkei Avot 4:1 as quoted in It's Not as Tough as you Think,
by Abraham J. Twerski

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

Anne Frank

"If I am not for myself, who will be for me?
And if I am for myself only, what am I?
And if not now, when?"

Hillel, Pirkei Avot 1:14

"When I am filled with cares, Your assurance soothes my soul"

Psalm 94:19

"Happy is the people who know the joyful sound; they shall walk, O Lord, in the light of your countenance."

Psalm 89:16

"If you won't be better tomorrow than you were today, then what need do you have for tomorrow?"

Rabbi Nachman of Bratslav, as quoted in Jewish Wisdom
by Rabbi Joseph Telushkin

[Posted 9/25/03]