אם אין קמח אין תורה אם אין תורה אין קמח

“If there is no flour, there is no Torah; if there is no Torah, there is no flour.”

Material sustenance and spiritual/intellectual life depend on and support one another.

— Traditional Israel Wisdom, Israel

Source: Rabbi Elazar ben Azariah, Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers) 3:17, Mishnah, c. 200 CE