Isaac Bashevis Singer Quotes
Top 97 wise famous quotes and sayings by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer Famous Quotes & Sayings
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Even the worm that crawls in the Earth there glows a divine spark. When you slaughter a creature, you slaughter your God.
One thing I found out then was that pity is a form of love and, actually, its highest expression.
A Tale of Two Sisters
A Tale of Two Sisters
A story to me means a plot where there is some surprise. Because that is how life is - full of surprises.
There is a permanent amnesia planted in us, which just as we keep forgetting our dreams, we sometimes keep on forgetting our reality.
There is no such thing as love. Give me a cigarette. In the camp, people climbed on one another like worms.
Of all the blessings bestowed on man, the greatest lies in the fact that God's face is forever hidden from him
There will be no justice as long as man will stand with a knife or with a gun and destroy those who are weaker than he is.
What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances.
There is no death. How can there be death if everything is part of the Godhead? The soul never dies and the body is never really alive.
There is a plan to this universe. There is a high intelligence, maybe even a purpose, but it's given to us on the installment plan.
If one knew the truth how could there be freedom? If hell and paradise were in the middle of the marketplace, everyone would be a saint.
Sometimes you have the feeling that some little imp is standing behind you and dictating to you, but he gives it to you slowly, drop by drop.
The sexual organs are the most sensitive organs of the human being. They are not diplomats. They tell the truth.
It is a fact that the classics of Yiddish literature are also the classics of the modern Hebrew literature.
I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.
The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.
Whenever I'm in trouble, I pray. And because I'm in trouble all of the time, I pray almost constantly.
The pessimism of the creative person is not decadence but a mighty passion for the redemption of man.
One prays for life , life means free choice and freedom is mystery . If one knew the truth how could there be freedom
Every human character appears only once in the history of human beings. And so does every event of love.
Atheism is a sort of crippled mysticism, [...] Blind nature has created all that we see, as well as all that we do not see - that's a mystical notion.
Every body resisted (the slaughterer) in its own fashion, tried to escape and seemed to argue with the Creator to its last breath.
I believe in God but people are liars. It's those people who say they are appointed by God who I don't believe in.
In our time, when the literature for adults is deteriorating, good books for children are the only hope, the only refuge.
Where do the wheels of history lead? How can you be so sure that the wheels of history won't get bogged down in blood and marrow again?
What's the good of not believing? Today it's your wife you don't believe; tomorrow it's God Himself you won't take stock in.
Man is a disgusting thing. If you beat him he starts to scream, but if it is the other one who is beaten, then he constructs a theory.
Two important things are to have a genuine interest in people and to be kind to them. Kindness, I've discovered, is everything.
Some of my cronies call me a pessimist and a decadent, but there is always a background of faith behind resignation.
If Moses had been paid newspaper rates for the Ten Commandments, he might have written the Two Thousand Commandments.
As much as I can give of myself I give of myself. There's no reason why not. And when I have to hide something, I let the character speak.
The past is not lost. An image from years ago remained present somewhere in the fourth dimension and it reached you just in that moment.
No lepidopterist's collection in the entire world ... full if iridescent wings, is worth the life of a single butterfly.
It seems that the analysis of character is the highest human entertainment. And literature does it, unlike gossip, without mentioning names.
When the time comes I will go joyfully. Whatever may be there, it will be real, without complication, without ridicule, without deception.
God gave us so many emotions, and so many strong ones. Every human being, even if he is an idiot, is a millionaire in emotions.
Originality is not seen in single words or even in sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his writing.
A soldier who serves an emperor has to have a uniform, and this also applies to a soldier who serves the Almighty.