Embellished Sayings from the Talmud

Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.  But how much more important to have enough laughter to begin with.  For it is the wine of Life.

    Me - and

    The Talmud    

Customs are more powerful than laws.  So too, religious fanaticism and entrenched political opinion are more powerful than reasoned logic.

    Me - and

    The Talmud

For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie.  When you are dealing with a Calvary Christian, the peace they claim to offer is most always a Lie.

    Me - and

    The Talmud

God said: you must teach, as I taught, without a fee.  The more a teacher charges for a certain secret message, the less of anything of substance he has to say.

    Me - and

    The Talmud

He that gives should never remember, he that receives should never forget.  In this way you follow the teachings of the Lord Jesus.

    Me - and

    The Talmud

Hold no man responsible for what he says in his grief.   There are times when a man is driven to rage as God’s way of getting the attention of jackasses.

    Me - and

    The Talmud

Humor the sons of the poor, and you stave off God’s wrath for one more day for behold the Poor are the Children of God.  You have heard it said “Blessed are the poor”.  The poor are not blessed; the Rich are blessed.  And they can take their “blessedness” right down to the Ninth circle of the bowels of Hell after they die.

    Mostly Me –

Science is God’s way of blessing those who would call this planet their home.

    -Just Me

   

Learning is achieved only in company.  So he who would isolate an individual does Enlightenment Itself a horrible injustice.

    Me - and

    The Talmud

Live well. It is the greatest revenge.   He who steps up boldly and tells the most powerful deity from the other side to “Fuck Off” will be seen by the Father and rewarded greatly.

    Me - and

    The Talmud

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Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it will be deducted from your share of luck or merit.   Let him who would call himself wise, take this message to heart.

    Me - and

    The Talmud

Until a child is one year old it is incapable of sin.

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    The Talmud

Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act.   Thus in the professed name of God- - much evil was tolerated during the late thirties and forties in Europe.

    Me - and

    The Talmud

Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.

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    The Talmud, Mishna. Sanhedrin

Be eager to fulfill the smallest duty and flee from transgression for one duty includes another and one transgression induces another transgression.   He would call such a diligent man disparaging names - - is deserving of Hell fire in the after-life.

    Me – and the Talmud

He who would steal wise sayings from the Other Side to gain advantage over his opponent is Wise.  He who fails to be Impressed with an opponent’s new found power is- however, the Wiser of the two.

-Just Me

He who would deny his own Past – would blaspheme his own Immortal Soul

-Just Me
When a sinner faces the Judgement Seat at the moment of his death, if he is lucky - he will be afraid - very afraid.  If he is NOT lucky, he will go on to incur upon his immortal soul yet more sin in the next life, so that in the end the suffering of his punnishment will be all the worse.

It isn't free if you have to pay for it.  And the more you have to pay for it, the less free it is, until you have destroyed it.  Artifacts of law do not have life.  In this way the New Testament cannot give life, but can only take the joy of living it away.