Abraham Cahan Quotes

Be modest, humble, simple. Control your anger.
Abraham Cahan

Anger, Simple, Humble

Life is much shorter than I imagined it to be.
Abraham Cahan

Life, Imagined, Shorter

Remember that it is not enough to abstain from lying by word of mouth; for the worst lies are often conveyed by a false look, smile, or act.
Abraham Cahan

Smile, Remember, Enough

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.
Abraham Cahan

Heart, Fight, Envy

If you feel that you are good, don't be too proud of it.
Abraham Cahan

I was a great dreamer of day dreams.
Abraham Cahan

Dreams, Great, Dreamer

If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs.
Abraham Cahan

Laugh, Him, Broken

If you study the Talmud you please God even more than you do by praying or fasting.
Abraham Cahan

God, Study, Please

Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
Abraham Cahan

Good, Learning, Reality

The dearest days in one's life are those that seem very far and very near at once.
Abraham Cahan

Life, Far, Once

The orthodox Jewish faith practically excludes woman from religious life.
Abraham Cahan

Life, Faith, Woman

What is this world? A mere curl of smoke for the wind to scatter.
Abraham Cahan

Wind, Smoke, Scatter

What is wealth? A dream of fools.
Abraham Cahan

Dream, Wealth, Fools

You must never tire fighting Satan.
Abraham Cahan

Fighting, Satan, Tire

God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box.
Abraham Cahan

God, Fire, While

If it be true that our people represent a high percentage of mental vigor, the distinction is probably due, in some measure, to the extremely important part which Talmud studies have played in the spiritual life of the race.
Abraham Cahan

Life, Spiritual, True

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Biography

Nationality: Lithuanian

Type: Author

Born: 1860

Died: 1951

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