"The human mind is a mirror that reflects the divine light."

"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 greatest evil that can befall men is that they should consider themselves as perfect."

"Maimonides goes so far as to say that the get is still valid even if the court must force him with lashes until he says he is prepared to give the get."

"The world is a ladder, and man is at the bottom. He can ascend, or he can descend."