"The more knowledge a person acquires, the more he is able to worship God."

"It is a great mitzvah to visit the sick, to comfort mourners, to bury the dead, and to gladden the bride and groom."

"A person should study the written Torah first, and then read this [book], and thereby know the entire oral Torah, so that he will not need to read any other book in between them."

"The object of the Law is to make man perfect, by giving him true opinions concerning God, and concerning the existence of all things; and by removing from him all notions that are apt to lead to the b…"

"One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed, the scale is tipped to the good—he and the world are saved."