True divine religion needs neither arms nor fingers for its use; it is all spirit and heart.
-Moses Mendelssohn

Look upon death with indifference, for its bitterness is commensurate with its fear.
-Solomon Ibn Gabirol

Good friendships are fragile things and require as much care as any other fragile and precious thing.
-Randolph Bourne

What sort of God would that be who has only one way in which He can be served!
-Yaakov Yitzhak

The noble exploits of our time are our passport to eternity.
-Paul Nathan

Build your home in such a way that a stranger may feel happy in your midst.
-Theodor Herzl

Aid an enemy before you aid a friend, to subdue hatred.
-Tosefta

Do not become the candle that gives light to others but itself remains in darkness.
-Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Knowledge and action are twins, each glorifying the other.
-Joseph Kimhi

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?
-Abraham Lincoln

Only through labor is one at home in the world.
-Berthold Auerbach
Philosophical quotes that have a deeper meaning