Our sages of blessed memory have said that we must not enjoy any pleasure in this world without reciting a blessing.

After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.

If we eat any food, or drink any beverage, we must recite a blessing over them before and after.

Our days on earth are like a shadow, and the time of our affliction is the length of our days.

Sometimes small things lead to great joys.

On everything you need to hear other people's opinions. It's the only way to do things. You ask a friend's advice and then between the two of you things somehow get clearer.

It is not enough for a man to dwell in the Land of Israel, he must also pray to be free.

But perhaps the truth newly discovered is itself only temporary and when new discoveries are made these truths too will be abandoned. But one truth remains for ever, and that is the search for truth.

Not every man remembers the name of the cow which supplied him with each drop of milk he has drunk.

A home from which you can be ejected at any time is no true home.

But always I regarded myself as one who was born in Jerusalem.

It's a waste of time worrying about something that worry won't fix. It's about as useful as trying to feed your pet rock.

The almost biological certainty that the more often you checked your cell phone, the more likely you were to find that one wondrous message or notification that would improve your entire life.

If I cannot be myself in what I write, then the whole is nothing but lies and humbug.

When your crowd of attendants so loudly applaud you, Pomponius, it is not you, but your banquet, that is eloquent.

I only hear my own voice. When you start hearing other voices, then it's time to worry.

We are all pilgrims in search of the unknown.

Friday is my night for letting my hair down, and once a month a group of my old male friends will come down and stay at our house in Hampshire.

That's how things were out here in the wild, she was learning. Dangerous or beautiful. Or both.

When God has not taken away our trouble or temptation yet, with His grace in our lives, we are content.

The punishment of criminals should be of use; when a man is hanged he is good for nothing.