Hillel the Elder quotes

Who does not grow, declines.
-- Hillel the Elder

#Growth #Doe #Decline

Do not say, 'When I have leisure, I will study,' because you may never have leisure.
-- Hillel the Elder

#Procrastination #May #Leisure

In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.
-- Hillel the Elder

#Humanity #Strive #Humans

If I am not for others, what am I? And if not now, when?
-- Hillel the Elder

Moreover he saw a skull floating on the surface of the water and he said unto it: Because you drowned others they drowned you; and those that drowned you will eventually be drowned.
-- Hillel the Elder

#Skulls #Water #Floating

Take care of yourself - you never know when the world will need you.
-- Hillel the Elder

#Needs #World #Care

If not you, who? If not now, when?
-- Hillel the Elder

#Possibility

What you yourself hate, don't do to your neighbor. This is the whole law; the rest is commentary. Go and study.
-- Hillel the Elder

#Hate #Law #Study

Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place.
-- Hillel the Elder

#Friendship #Judging

Say not: “When I have free time I shall study”, for you may perhaps never have any free time
-- Hillel the Elder

#May #Study

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

#Law #Drawing #Loving You

Golden Rule”: “That which is hateful to you, do not do to your fellow. That is the whole Torah; the rest is the explanation; go and learn.
-- Hillel the Elder

#Golden #Hateful #Torah

He who refuses to learn deserves extinction.
-- Hillel the Elder

#Learning #Extinction #Refuse

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

#Names #Doe #Increase