Hillel the Elder Quotes and Sayings - Page 1

Share

Tweet

+1

Share

Pin

Like

Send

Share

“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

Share

Tweet

+1

Share

Pin

Like

Send

Share

You may also like:

Abraham Joshua Heschel
Rabbi
Aristotle
Philosopher
Averroes
Philosopher
Avicenna
Philosopher
Baal Shem Tov
Rabbi
Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher
Gamaliel
Jason Miller
Judah Halevi
Poet
Maimonides
Philosopher
Marshall Ganz
Lecturer
Martin Buber
Philosopher
Menachem Mendel Schneerson
Rabbi
Rabbi Akiva
Rashi
Rabbi
Solomon Ibn Gabirol
Poet
Thomas Aquinas
Priest
Vilna Gaon