Hillel the Elder Quotes

• 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

  Torah, Judaism, Rabbi

  "Pirkei Avot". 1:14,

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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

  Hate, Law, Study

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• Take care of yourself - you never know when the world will need you.

  Hillel the Elder

  Balance, Needs, World

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• A single candle can light a thousand more without diminishing itself.

  Hillel the Elder

  Light, Thousand, Candle

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• If not you, who? If not now, when?

  Hillel the Elder

  Motivational, New Beginnings, Responsibility

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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.

  Hillel the Elder

  Golden, Hateful, Torah

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• Who does not grow, declines.

  Hillel the Elder

  Growth, Doe, Decline

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• In a place where there are no humans, one must strive to be human.

  Hillel the Elder

  Humanity, Strive, Humans

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• Judge not thy friend until thou standest in his place.

  Hillel the Elder

  Friendship, Judging

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• The more flesh, the more worms; the more possessions, the more worry.

  Hillel the Elder

  Worry, Flesh, Worms

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• The shy man will not learn; the impatient man should not teach.

  Hillel the Elder

  Inspirational, Men, Shy

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• Say not: “When I have free time I shall study”, for you may perhaps never have any free time

  Hillel the Elder

  May, Study, Free Time

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• He who refuses to learn deserves extinction.

  Hillel the Elder

  Learning, Extinction, Refuse

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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

  Law, Drawing, Loving You

  "Pirkei Avot". A Mishna tractate. Chapter 1:12, www.chabad.org.

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• Do not unto others that which is hateful unto thee.

  Hillel the Elder

  Hateful, Thee

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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

  Skulls, Water, Floating

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• One who advances his name, destroys his name. One who does not increase, diminishes.

  Hillel the Elder

  Names, Doe, Increase

  "Pirkei Avot". A Mishna tractate. Chapter 1:13, www.chabad.org.

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• Do not say, 'When I have leisure, I will study,' because you may never have leisure.

  Hillel the Elder

  Procrastination, May, Leisure

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