Akiva ben Joseph Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by Akiva ben Joseph:

Beloved are Israel, for they were called children of God; still greater was the love in that it was made known to them that they were called children of God, as it is written, 'Ye are the children of the Lord your God.'
~Akiva ben Joseph


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/akiva-ben-joseph-quotes/#20dce20e

All is foreseen, but freedom of choice is given.
~Akiva ben Joseph


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/akiva-ben-joseph-quotes/#64940236

The tradition is a fence around the law; tithes are a fence around riches; vows are a fence around abstinence; a fence around wisdom is silence.
~Akiva ben Joseph


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/akiva-ben-joseph-quotes/#eb1aa933

Even the poorest in Israel are looked upon as freemen who have lost their possessions, for they are the sons of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
~Akiva ben Joseph


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/akiva-ben-joseph-quotes/#2e6920d1

Jesting and levity accustom a man to lewdness.
~Akiva ben Joseph


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/akiva-ben-joseph-quotes/#7d6035ca

He that wounds himself, even though he has not the right, is not culpable; but if others have wounded him, they are culpable.
~Akiva ben Joseph


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/akiva-ben-joseph-quotes/#c4e03f11

Wheresoever thou findest a high mountain or a lofty hill and a green tree, know that an idol is there!
~Akiva ben Joseph


Link:
https://openquotes.github.io/authors/akiva-ben-joseph-quotes/#bc8d361a

Find Akiva ben Joseph on Ebay!