Isaac Bashevis Singer quotes
Isaac Bashevis Singer was a Polish-American Jewish writer, best known for his short stories and novels in Yiddish. His works often explored Jewish folklore, tradition, and the complexities of human nature. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature and is celebrated for bringing Yiddish literature to a global audience. Here are 60 of his quotes:
As often as Herman had witnessed the slaughter of animals and fish, he always had the same thought: in their behavior toward creatures, all men were Nazis. The smugness with which man could do with other species as he pleased exemplified the most extreme racist theories, the principle that might is right.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
I know as a writer how valuable a tool is the wastebasket. Perhaps God throws away many experiments before He finds the right expression. Perhaps we are the discards - or we could be the part He keeps. This mystery is what keeps us all going, to see what happens in the next chapter.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
One can find in the Yiddish tongue and in the Yiddish spirit expressions of pious joy, lust for life, longing for the Messiah, patience and deep appreciation of human individuality. There is a quiet humor in Yiddish and a gratitude for every day of life, every crumb of success, each encounter of love. The Yiddish mentality is not haughty. It does not take victory for granted. It does not demand and command but it muddles through, sneaks by, smuggles itself amidst the powers of destruction, knowing somewhere that God's plan for Creation is still at the very beginning.
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Isaac Bashevis Singer
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Occupation: American Novelist
Born: November 21, 1903
Died: July 24, 1991
Quotes count: 60
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