Hillel Quotes

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

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

A single candle can light a thousand more without diminishing itself.

If not you, who? If not now, when?

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.

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

Who does not grow, declines.

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

Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place.

The shy man will not learn; the impatient man should not teach.

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

The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry.

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

Making Saudi Arabia a world judge on women's rights and religious freedom would be like naming a pyromaniac as the town fire chief.

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

One who advances his name, destroys his name. One who does not increase, diminishes.

He who refuses to learn deserves extinction.

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.

Do not unto others that which is hateful unto thee.

Electing Sudan to the UN body mandated to promote and protect human rights worldwide is like putting Jack the Ripper in charge of a women's shelter.

For the curse of Cain, the curse of being an outcast and a wanderer over the face of the earth has been removed.

Indifference to one's own faith is no proof of tolerance. Loyalty to one's own is part of a larger loyalty to faith generally.

There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance ­and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life.

An important feature of good characterization in a novel is that the characters are dimensionalized and are not all of one piece. Human beings, as Singer noted, have contradictions.

Good literature boils down to two things: How interesting is the story you are telling, and how interesting is your telling.

If not you, then who? If not now, when?

God hardening Pharaoh’s heart causes the world to fear God and not think they can sin to the point at which they want to repent.

If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? But when I am for myself, then what am I?

If I am not for myself who is for me?

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

The challenge of the writer is to transform—artistically and imaginatively—a unique personal experience into a universal, meaningful story.

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

Whatsoever thou wouldst that men should not do to thee do not do that to them.

If I am not for myself who is for me? And if I am only for myself what am I? And if not now when?