“If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am for myself alone, what am ‘I’? And if not now, when?”  –Hillel

“Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.” –Sholem Aleichem

“You must accept the truth from whatever source it comes.” –Maimonides

“God is not He who is, but That which is.” –Spinoza