Hillel the Elder

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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?
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Torah
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What you yourself hate, don't do to your neighbor. This is the whole law; the rest is commentary. Go and study.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Hate
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Take care of yourself - you never know when the world will need you.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Balance
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A single candle can light a thousand more without diminishing itself.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Light
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If not you, who? If not now, when?
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Collection: Motivational
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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.
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Collection: Golden
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Who does not grow, declines.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Growth
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In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Humanity
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Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place.
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Collection: Friendship
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The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Worry
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The shy man will not learn; the impatient man should not teach.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Inspirational
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Say not: “When I have free time I shall study”, for you may perhaps never have any free time
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Collection: May
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He who refuses to learn deserves extinction.
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Collection: Learning
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Be of the disciples of Aaron, loving peace and pursuing peace, loving your fellow creatures and drawing them near to the Law.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Law
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Do not unto others that which is hateful unto thee.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Hateful
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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.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Skulls
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One who advances his name, destroys his name. One who does not increase, diminishes.
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Collection: Names
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Do not say, 'When I have leisure, I will study,' because you may never have leisure.
- Hillel the Elder
Collection: Procrastination