Hillel the Elder
Religious Leader, Scholar
"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?"
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Torah
12 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Hillel the Elder
Religious Leader, Scholar
"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."
Meir Kahane
Politician
"The observant Jew has his own sense of values. Torah Judaism is his blueprint for this life, his target for existence."
Russell Simmons
Entrepreneur, Music Producer
"Nowhere in the Bible, Koran, or Torah does it say, "If you curse, then you're going to hell." But everywhere it says that if you kill, you're going to wherever they send you, depending on the religion."
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