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What is hateful to you do not to your neighbor: that is the whole Torah. The rest is commentary.

Hillel the Elder

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Topic

Golden rule Reciprocity

Author

Hillel the Elder

Source

Talmud

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

10 10s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

The Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. Shabbat 31a.

Current Citation

The Babylonian Talmud, translated by A. Cohen. Cambridge University, 2013, Shabbat 31a.

There is only one question which really matters: why do bad things happen to good people?

Harold S. Kushner

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

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Topic

Problem of evil

Author

Harold S. Kushner

Source

When Bad Things Happen to Good People

Statement Type

Question

Language

English

Time

1981 1980s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Kushner, Harold. When Bad Things Happen to Good People. Schocken Books, 1981, ch. 1.

Say not, When I have leisure I will study; perchance thou wilt never have leisure.

Hillel the Elder

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Topic

No time like the present Procrastination

Author

Hillel the Elder

Source

Talmud

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

10 10s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

The Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. Pirkei Avot 2.

Current Citation

The Babylonian Talmud, translated by A. Cohen. Cambridge University Press, 2013, Mishnah "Pirqei Avot 2:5."

I have learned much from my teachers, more from my colleagues, and the most from my students.

Hanina ben Dosa

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Topic

Teachers and students

Author

Hanina ben Dosa

Source

Ta'anit Talmud

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

Hebrew

Time

200 200s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

Talmud. The William Davidson Talmud. c. 1960. (Ta'anit 1:7a)

Current Citation

The Talmud: A Selection. Penguin Classics, 2009. (Ta'anit 1:7a).

The highest sacrifice is a broken and contrite heart; the highest wisdom is that which is found in the Torah; the noblest of all ornaments is modesty; and the most beautiful thing that man can do, is to forgive a wrong.

Eleazar of Worms

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Topic

Remorse Forgiveness Modesty

Author

Eleazar of Worms

Source

Book of the Perfumer

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Hebrew

Time

1200 1200s 13th century

Era

Middle Ages

Authentication Score 1

Citation

Eleazar of Worms. Sefer ha rokeah. c. 1200

Even women and children and those with no aptitude for speculation can attain to a complete religion, for all men are on an equal footing as far as knowledge derived from the senses is concerned. Praised be God who in his wisdom ordered things thus.

Saadia Gaon

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Topic

Equality

Author

Saadia Gaon

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Judeo-Arabic

Time

933 930s 10th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Gaon, Saadia. كتاب الأمانات والاعتقادات [The Book of Beliefs and Opinions]. c. 933, introduction.

Current Citation

Gaon, Saadia. The Book of Beliefs and Opinions. Yale University Press, 1989, introduction.