Hillel the Elder Quotes

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

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.

Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place.

He who refuses to learn deserves extinction.

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

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.

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

Who does not grow, declines.

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

Do not unto others that which is hateful unto thee.

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

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

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?

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