Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world… — The Talmud
Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever rescues a single life earns as much merit as though he had rescued the entire world.
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The Talmud: A Selection, translated by Norman Solomon. Penguin Classics, 2009, Fourth Order Neziqin, Fourth Tractate Sanhedrin (The Court) 4:9:1.
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Talmud. Mishnah, Sanhedrin 4:9:1.