Gedolim Quotes – Page 15 – Words of wisdom from the wisest men in Jewish History

“I will”—this is bad

There is nothing more complete than a broken heart, and there is nothing more upright than a crooked ladder.

I want people to refrain from wrongdoing, not because they fear sin, but because they don’t have the time.

There are not enough sacks in the world to contain the wily arguments of the evil inclination.

There are rebbes who are so great that they can revive the dead.

In Torah scholarship, there are geniuses. But there are no geniuses in Chassidism. To become a chassid, one must toil.

So and so, he is amazing, he learns so much. When does he have time to know anything?

Don’t fool yourself and don’t imitate your fellow.

Death is but a change of circumstances, like moving homes. But a wise person sees to it that the new home is better and nicer than the old one.

If I am I because I am I, and you are you because you are you—