"It is a fundamental principle of our religion that a prophet may not add or subtract from a commandment, whether in the Written Torah or in the Oral Torah."

"It is a positive commandment to imitate God in His attributes."

"The wise man should always strive to acquire knowledge, and to teach it to others."

"if the woman claims she cannot live with her husband and have intimate relations with him because he is disgusting or loathsome to her, her claim is accepted without question and a divorce is immediat…"

"The human intellect is a spark of the divine intellect."