Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai said to his disciples: “Consider well the good that one should always seek.” Rabbi Eliezer said: ‘A kindly eye.’ Rabbi Joshua said: ‘A good friend.’ Rabbi Yosei said: ‘A good neighbor.’ Rabbi Shimon said: ‘Foresight.’ Rabbi Elazar said: ‘A good heart.’ Then he said to them: “I prefer the words of Rabbi Elazar ben Arach to yours, because his words include yours as well.”From “Chapters of the Fathers” in Gates of Prayer, Chaim Stern, ed. (New York: Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1975), 19.
