Hillel The Elder 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

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.

Do not unto others that which is hateful unto thee.

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.

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?