A case of forgetting one's learning because one became involved in commerce: Berachot 18b
Whether one can succeed without effort, and whether one can fail despite effort: Megillah 6b
The importance of "roughing it" in one's Torah study: Eruvin 54a
The value of every moment which can be spent in the Study Hall: Shabbat 83b
One should only travel to places of learning, and not rely on the reminders of friends or on one's own memory: Shabbat 147b
Torah is only acquirable via Suffering: Berachot 5a
Learning Torah requires a clear [non-intrusive] environment, like that experienced when a north wind blows: Megillah 28b
Even the slightest distraction, such as a person's request, detracts from one's learning: Eruvin 65a
Requiring joy or bitterness to learn Torah: Pesachim 117a
R' Akiva told his son, R' Yehoshua, that he shouldn't learn in the main thoroughfare of town: Pesachim 112a
Torah can only be retained by one who kills himself for it: Shabbat 83b
Better to be one of those who usher people into the Study Hall, rather than be the one who announces the time for meals: Shabbat 118b
Only one who wakes early to study and studies until late can master Torah: Eruvin 21b-22a
Only one who darkens his face like that of a raven can master Torah: Eruvin 22a
Only one who is harsh to his family, as a raven is, can master Torah: Eruvin 22a
Hashem "cries" for one who can't [afford to] learn Torah, but does anyway, as well as for the reverse case: Chagigah 5b Reward for waking early to learn is in this world and in The World to Come: Shabbat 127a
The Righteous are those who arrive early and leave late from learning: Megillah 15b Reward depends on intent, not achievement: Berachot 5b, 17a
Reward for attending a Lesson: Berachot 6b, R. Berachot 6b "Agra DePirka"
A person who is gentle with others, and who isn't constantly running around, will retain his learning: Eruvin 54a
Torah will not be found with those who constantly traveling on business: Eruvin 55a
Torah will not be found with a relaxed person: Eruvin 55a
Torah is like a fig tree, which has fruit at various stages of ripening; the longer one works at it, the more one finds: Eruvin 54a-b
Torah is like a nipple, producing for as long as one works at it: Eruvin 54b
The importance of having established times for learning: Eruvin 54b-55a
The Torah is not in the heavens or across the sea, but were it there, we would have to go get it: Eruvin 55a
Studying non-legal passages [aggadata] is less taxing than studing legal passages: Taanit 7a
Prayer
One should pray for success in learning Torah: Berachot 8a
Specific Study Methods
A student should try to think independently and creatively: Eruvin 13a [see Rashi "Lo Amrah"]
Using mnemonics: Shabbat 104a; Eruvin 54b
If one reviews his learning, he will retain it; otherwise, he will not: Eruvin 53a; Succah 46b; Megillah 18b
One cannot compare learning something 100 times, to starting the 2nd set of 100 times; but both are completely righteous people: Chagigah 9b
The value of being careful to use clear speech in learning: Eruvin 53a-b
Engaging one's entire body in learning: Eruvin 53b-54a
Statements regarding the likelihood of failure of a person who studies a lot without reviewing: Eruvin 54b
One will be more successful if he learns small sections and reviews them, rather than learn large sections and then review: Eruvin 54b
The clarity of learning which is done during the day: Eruvin 65a
The key to retaining one's learning is constant attention: Taanit 7b
A student who is having difficulty with his studies likely does not have the foundation texts down solidly, and needs to spend more time on that: Taanit 7b-8a Rav Mesharshiya's advice to his son: Prepare a text prior to learning it from your rebbe, and study beside water for it is a good omen for the flow of your learning: Keritot 6a Rav Huna presenting a flawed kal vachomer [logical deduction] in order for his students to sharpen their minds by challenging it, or in order to inspire his students to be creative: Zevachim 12b-13a and see Rashi there
Superficial Expertise vs. In-Depth Study [Bekiut vs. BeIyun]
One ought to learn a wide range of information, before delving deeply into the logical infrastructure: Succah 28b-29a
The value of descending to the core details of the topic one is studying: Eruvin 53a
Communal Learning vs. Individual Learning
The value of communal vs. individual learning: Megillah 3b
One who learns Torah in groups will acquire a lot of Torah; one should not study alone: Makkot 10a
It is a sin to study alone: Taanit 7a; Makkot 10a
If one learns Torah on his own, it will show externally: Moed Katan 16b
Growth in Learning
Contrary to standard reality, when learning Torah, one who is full can retain more than one who is empty: Succah 46a-b
Areas of Torah
Leaving the Study of Law for Scripture will allow a person no Peace: Chagigah 10a
Leaving Talmud for Mishnah will allow a person no Peace: Chagigah 10a
Leaving Babylonian Talmud for the Jerusalem Talmud will allow a person no Peace: Chagigah 10a
Value of learning Scripture vs Mishnah vs Talmud: Bava Metzia 33a-b
Learning areas of Torah which have no practical relevance, for which one will receive reward ["derosh v'kabel sachar"]: Zevachim 45a
The extreme care necessary in learning Talmud: Bava Metzia 33b
Hatred of those who don't learn, or don't learn Talmud, for those who learn Talmud; and what will be in the end: Bava Metzia 33b
Sections of Talmud which are not related to legal topics attract the heart: Shabbat 87a
There is no reward for learning from recorded sets of certain types of laws: Temurah 14b
A verse praising scholarship in each of the various sections of Torah: Eruvin 54b
Motives
One should even learn Torah without pure intent, for that will bring him to do it with proper intent: Pesachim 50b
If one learns Torah with a pure motive, the Torah heals him: Taanit 7a
Learning Torah with a pure motive is termed learning "Torat Chesed [Torah of Generosity]": Succah 49b
One's intent must be Altruistic; one who practices for another motive would have been better off [Some Translate: would have had an easier time of things] if he hadn't been created: Berachot 17a [See Tosafot #3]
If one learns Torah for non-altruistic purposes, the Torah is poisonous for him: Taanit 7a
Using the study of Torah to defeat the Evil Inclination: Succah 52b; Kiddushin 30b [2x]
The value of involvement in Study of the Written and Oral Torah, and involvement in Society of Others, to keep one from sin: Kiddushin 40b
Study vs. Practice
The greatness of learning vs the greatness of practice: Kiddushin 40b
Learning leads to practice: Megillah 27a; Kiddushin 40b; Bava Kama 17a
Learning should be for the sake of Practice: Berachot 17a, Bava Kama 17a
One cannot learn Torah without practicing the Mitzvot: Yevamot 109b
If one says he will only have Torah learning and not practice, he won't have Torah learning either: Yevamot 109b
Reward for Torah Study
The beginning of a person's reward or punishment is based on his learning of Torah: Kiddushin 40b
The study of Torah supports Jewish soldiers: Makkot 10a
The permanence of Creation was contingent upon the study of Torah: Nedarim 32a
Learning Torah is what brings one into The World to Come: Kiddushin 39b, 40a; Bava Metzia 33a
Learning Torah can move someone on to the Scale of Merit: Berachot 15b-16a
Learning and practicing Kindness earns the reward of Yosef and Yissaschar: Bava Kama 17a
Torah study as protection against Suffering: Berachot 5a
Torah as a medication: Eruvin 54a; Kiddushin 30b
Torah study as protection against danger: Eruvin 54a
Torah study leads to long life: Rosh HaShanah 18a, Yevamot 105a
Torah study leads to forgiveness of one's sins: Berachot 5a-b
Words of Torah are medicine for the righteous, and poison for the wicked: Shabbat 88b
A house in which Torah is heard at night will never be destroyed: Eruvin 18b
Stalling the angel of death by studying Torah: Rashi Eruvin 26a s.v. "leHoshiv"; Moed Katan 28a; Makkot 10a
The Jews' reward for their love of Torah: Rosh HaShanah 4a
Women get a better reward than their husbands and children who learn in the Study Hall, for sending them to learn: Berachot 17a
Receiving payment for Torah study: Rashi Zevachim 2a "Shimon"
The Value of Torah Study
"Light" is a reference to Torah: Megillah 16b
"Water" is a reference to Torah: Temurah 16a
Learning Torah gladdens the heart: Taanit 30a
The study of Torah is what sets the Jews apart from others: Megillah 15b
The Righteous are those who debate in Torah: Megillah 15b
Torah study as [part of] the optimal focus of a Person's existence: Berachot 17a
One who doesn't learn the Written and Oral Torah, and isn't involved in the Society of Others, isn't contributing to Civilization: Kiddushin 40b
Learning Torah is equal to all other Mitzvot: Shabbat 127a
Learning Torah = "Emet [Truth]": Berachot 5b
Comparing those who study Torah to blossoms and pomegranates: Eruvin 21b
Wisdom is/should be like one's sister: Sanhedrin 5b
Words of Torah are like the guiding rods of a plow, leading in the direction which will plant life: Chagigah 3b
Words of Torah are like nails, which are immobile and permanent: Chagigah 3b
Value of learning Torah for one day a year, as though one had learned all year: Chagigah 5b
The Value of Torah Learning, as opposed to that of Temple service: Megillah 3a-b
The value of Torah learning, as opposed to that of daily Temple offerings: Eruvin 63b; Megillah 3a-b
The value of learning Torah at night: Eruvin 65a
Torah study is more valuable than being able to enter the most sacred parts of the Temple, as the Kohen Gadol did: Sotah 4b
Miscellania
Words of Torah cannot become impure: Berachot 22a
Torah makes a person who studies it forgetful of his other affairs: Eruvin 54b
A person who doesn't have proper respect for Torah will forget his learning: Rashi Eruvin 64a s.v. Honah
One who is ugly will learn more than one who is handsome: Taanit 7a-b
A person who is pleasant to others, and who teaches, will retain his learning: Eruvin 54a
Importance of humility as an aid to success in Torah study: Eruvin 54a, 55a; Taanit 7a-b
Achieving success in Torah Study, as a reward for Effort in fulfilling a Mitzvah: Kiddushin 31b
Words of Torah are pretty when they are remembered, and that happens when they are spoken aloud: Eruvin 54a
A person is happy in his learning when he says it aloud, in response to someone: Eruvin 54a
One who sleeps after sating himself with Torah will not receive bad news [in dreams]: Berachot 14a Egotism causes a person to forget his Torah: Temurah 16a
The Torah which one earns, is considered to be his own [this is a legal concept, as well]: Kiddushin 32b
General statements about people who don't learn Torah: Pesachim 49b
"If you have read you have not read it twice. If you have read it twice then you haven't read it a third time. If you have read it a third time then they haven't explained it to you": Berachot 18a
Staying away from involvement with one who doesn't Study the Written and Oral Torah, and isn't involved in Society of Others: Kiddushin 41a
Torah is a unified whole, despite all of the arguments within it: Chagigah 3b
The need for humility and proper behavior among students of Torah: Taanit 7a
Torah is compared to water, wine and milk, all of which are best preserved in clay jugs rather than vessels of fine metals: Taanit 7a
Hashem's desire for the Jews to study Torah: Berachot 5a
Learning Torah is inferior to Serving Torah Scholars: Berachot 7b
Praised is one who arrives in The World to Come with his learning at hand: Pesachim 50a King David, Job and Yechezkel described the Torah's length without putting a number to it; Zecharyah put a number to it: Eruvin 21a
The Torah is 3200 times the size of the world: Eruvin 21a
The Torah contains all of Gd's prescribed rewards and punishments, for this world and the next: Eruvin 21a
Torah learning is beloved to the student each time he learns, like the first time: Eruvin 54b Miracles are earned by sacrificing to honor Gd's Name, not by Torah scholarship: Berachot 20a
