If I could believe that God was not angry with me, I would stand on my head for joy.

What harm would it do, if a man told a good strong lie for the sake of the good.

World, death, devil, hell, away and leave me in peace! You have no hold on me. If you will not let me live, then I will die. But you won't succeed in that. Chop my head off, and it won't harm me. I have a God who will give me a new one.

Did I not tell you earlier that a Jew is such a noble, precious jewel that God and all the angels dance when he farts?

I can't keep the sparrows from flying around my head, but I can keep them from making a nest in my hair.

Mankind has a free will; but it is free to milk cows and to build houses, nothing more.

We can mention only one point (which experience confirms), namely, that next to the Word of God, music deserves the highest praise. No greater commendation than this can be found — at least not by us. After all, the gift of language combined with the gift of song was only given to man to let him know that he should praise God with both word and music, namely, by proclaiming [the Word of God] through music.