Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.

The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.

If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.

If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.