Isaac Leib Peretz quotes - page 2

Children... constitute man's eternity. (Isaac Leib Peretz)
The soul is imprisoned in the body, and the Lord... built two windows in the wall of the prison... Unfortunately, the windows have curtains-eyelids; and a man whose soul is impure, feeling himself scrutinized, lets down the curtains and conceals the soul. View quote
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You are the weakest and the least, and the last to be redeemed.... You will be freed, when man will rise above the earthly, when human worms will turn into human eagles. View quote
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Jews are likened to sand: tiny grains, dry and scattered, each separate from the other. View quote
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According to the generation is the music thereof. View quote
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[Christianity] is a denial of this world, a severance from reality, an abdication, a means of redemption from, not for, life. View quote
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Time is change, transformation, evolution. Time is eternal sprouting, blossoming, the eternal tomorrow. View quote
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Not all Hasidim are hasidim. View quote
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He who provides life provides also a living. View quote
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Who tells the truth needs no fancy phrases. View quote
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I want to soar the boundless blue Where winds and tempests have their birth, And let the clouds conceal for me Not heaven, but the earth. (Isaac Leib Peretz)
With the same bricks one may erect... a palace or a prison.... The same letters are used in Holy Writ and heretical works. View quote
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I am a rainworm, buried deep Among the oozing, slimy things, Yet of an eagle's nest I dream, And eagle's wings. View quote
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The voice is on the borderline between the physical and the spiritual. View quote
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We are like fish In this vast sea. And Satan fishes For you and me. View quote
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[About the diaspora] Canaan is too small for God's children. The Land of Israel will spread through all lands! View quote
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"For the commandment is a lamp" [Prov. 6.23]. And the spark which kindles the commandment is devotion. View quote
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Man has been likened to an earthen pot.... You have but to tap the pot with your finger. If it rings back full and true, all is well; there is your perfect pot. And if not-man, alas, has been likened to a broken potsherd. View quote
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One God, one Law, one people, and one land. View quote
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"May all unite to do Thy will with a perfect heart!"... Thus prays the Jew. Have you more beautiful prayers to offer? View quote
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The bigger the merchant the smaller the Jew. (Isaac Leib Peretz)
Human lips are now forbidden to utter His name, for being the only God, He needs no name. View quote
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Rather a stone, but to be alone! View quote
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Little houses in a row, Down a quiet lane; Neither doors nor windows know, Peace and darkness reign. Though you cannot pay the rent, You will dwell there with the best. Where the weary, broken, spent, Find eternal rest! View quote
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The song that from the heart would spring Is dead for want of echoing. View quote
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Isaac Leib Peretz

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Occupation: Author
Born: May 18, 1852
Died: March 21, 1915
Quotes count: 65
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